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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Where were you?

Evening in Dadi ji's courtyard: Rohan phones from the shop after a day with no network; where were you, in the fields with Papa ji, all day, Dadi ji was at home, it was cold but there was sun, and Dadi ji wants the phone.

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THE STORY

Dadi ji's courtyard in the village near Mathura on a December evening, the network back at last; Rohan on the phone from the shop in Chandni Chowk. Rohan and Noah say the familiar you to each other; Dadi ji says it to Noah, and he says the polite you to her.

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नोआ! तुम कहाँ थे?no-aa! tum ka-haan the?Noah! Where were you?
मैं खेत में था.main khet men thaa.I was in the fields.
पापा जी के साथ.paa-paa jee ke saath.with Papa ji
खेत में. पापा जी के साथ.khet men. paa-paa jee ke saath.In the fields. With Papa ji.
क्या, पूरा दिन?kyaa, poo-raa din?What, all day?
नेटवर्क नहीं था.net-vark na-heen thaa.there was no network
पूरा दिन. नेटवर्क नहीं था.poo-raa din. net-vark na-heen thaa.All day. There was no network.
और दादी जी?aur daa-dee jee?And Dadi ji?
मैं घर पर थी.main ghar par thee.I was at home.
वे घर पर थीं.ve ghar par theen.she was at home, respectfully

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