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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Sweet Shop

Papa ji shows Noah the family's sweet shop in Chandni Chowk: this is the shop, very big, a laddoo, take, eat, very sweet, a hot jalebi, the little ones in syrup, small but very good, a good shop.

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THE STORY

The counter of the Sharmas' sweet shop in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, the shop Papa ji's father opened, one morning before the crowds. Noah says the polite you to Papa ji; Papa ji says the familiar you to him.

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नोआ, यह दुकान है.no-aa, ye du-kaan hai.Noah, this is the shop.
वाह! बहुत बड़ी!vaah! ba-hut ba-ree!Wow! Very big!
यह बड़ा लड्डू है.ye ba-raa lad-doo hai.This is a big laddoo.
यह लड्डू है. लो, खाओ.ye lad-doo hai. lo, khaa-o.This is a laddoo. Take, eat.
बहुत अच्छा! बहुत मीठा!ba-hut ach-chhaa! ba-hut mee-thaa!Very good! Very sweet!
यह ताज़ा है?ye taa-zaa hai?Is it fresh?
और यह जलेबी है. गरम.aur ye ja-le-bee hai. ga-ram.And this is a jalebi. Hot.
गरम जलेबी, बहुत अच्छी! और यह?ga-ram ja-le-bee, ba-hut ach-chhee! aur ye?A hot jalebi, very good! And this?
छोटा, पर बहुत अच्छा.chho-taa, par ba-hut ach-chhaa.small, but very good
गुलाब जामुन. छोटा, पर बहुत अच्छा.gu-laab jaa-mun. chho-taa, par ba-hut ach-chhaa.The little ones in syrup. Small, but very good.

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