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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Counter

The sweet shop in Chandni Chowk on a winter morning: a customer wants carrot halwa and the milk fudge, Papa ji gives the prices, Noah weighs half a kilo and says it was made this morning by his own hand.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' sweet shop in Chandni Chowk, a winter morning; Papa ji is at the counter, Noah weighs, and a customer, a woman, buys halwa. Noah and the customer say the polite you to each other; Papa ji says the familiar you to Noah.

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नमस्ते. गाजर का हलवा दीजिए.na-mas-te. gaa-jar kaa hal-vaa dee-ji-ye.Hello. Carrot halwa, please.
कितना, मैडम?kit-naa, mai-dam?How much, madam?
आधा किलोaa-dhaa ki-lohalf a kilo
आधा किलो. और बर्फ़ी?aa-dhaa ki-lo. aur bar-fee?Half a kilo. And the milk fudge?
डेढ़ किलो दीजिए.derh ki-lo dee-ji-ye.One and a half kilos, please.
छह सौ रुपये किलो.chhe sau ru-pa-ye ki-lo.Six hundred a kilo.
कितने ग्राम?kit-ne graam?How many grams?
ढाई सौ ग्राम.dhaa-ee sau graam.Two hundred and fifty grams.
नोआ, आधा किलो हलवा.no-aa, aa-dhaa ki-lo hal-vaa.Noah, half a kilo of halwa.
लीजिए, आधा किलो.lee-ji-ye, aa-dhaa ki-lo.Here, half a kilo.

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