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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dadi ji's courtyard

The village house near Mathura: Dadi ji has been there a week, her neighbour the farmer comes in and asks who Noah is and since when he's in India; sixty years in one place, and come tomorrow to the fields.

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THE STORY

Dadi ji's courtyard in her village near Mathura, a cold December morning, and her neighbour the farmer, an older man, who farms her family's fields. Dadi ji says the familiar you to Noah; Noah says the polite you to Dadi ji and to the farmer, who says it back to his guest.

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आओ, बेटा! अंदर आओ.aa-o, be-taa! an-dar aa-o.Come, son! Come in.
दादी जी, आप कैसी हैं?daa-dee jee, aap kai-see hain?Dadi ji, how are you?
एक हफ़्ते सेek haf-te sesince a week
एक हफ़्ते से यहाँ हूँ.ek haf-te se ya-haan hoon.I've been here a week.
नमस्ते जी. यह कौन है?na-mas-te jee. ye kaun hai?Hello, ji. Who is this?
रोहन का दोस्तro-han kaa dostRohan's friend
रोहन का दोस्त, अमेरिका से.ro-han kaa dost, a-me-ri-kaa se.Rohan's friend, from America.
आप कब से यहाँ हैं?aap kab se ya-haan hain?Since when have you been here?
इंडिया में कब से?in-di-yaa men kab se?Since when in India?
एक महीने सेek ma-hee-ne sesince a month

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