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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Waiting for the Rain

A Saturday afternoon in the June heat at Noah's flat, the cooler broken and Rohan at the door with a watermelon: I'm so hot, are you thirsty, I'm bored, are you hungry, when will the rain come, end of June, I'm waiting for the rain, all Delhi is waiting.

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THE STORY

Noah's flat in Hauz Khas on a Saturday afternoon in June, forty-four degrees, the cooler broken; Rohan comes with a cold watermelon from Mummy ji. The two friends use the familiar you.

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गर्मी लग रही है.gar-mee lag ra-hee hai.I'm hot
बहुत गर्मी लग रही है. कूलर खराब है.ba-hut gar-mee lag ra-hee hai. koo-lar kha-raab hai.I'm so hot. The cooler is broken.
पानी पियो. प्यास लगी है?paa-nee pi-yo. pyaas la-gee hai?Drink water. Are you thirsty?
हाँ, बहुत. और बोर हो रहा हूँ.haan, ba-hut. aur bor ho ra-haa hoon.Yes, very. And I'm bored.
मैं बोर हो रही हूँ.main bor ho ra-hee hoon.I'm bored.
भूख लगी है? तरबूज़ है, मम्मी जी से.bhookh la-gee hai? tar-booz hai, mam-mee jee se.Are you hungry? There's watermelon, from Mummy ji.
हाँ, थोड़ी. बारिश कब आएगी?haan, tho-ree. baa-rish kab aa-e-gee?Yes, a little. When will the rain come?
इंतज़ार कर रहा हूँ.in-ta-zaar kar ra-haa hoon.I'm waiting, as a man
तुम्हारा इंतज़ार कर रहा हूँ.tum-haa-raa in-ta-zaar kar ra-haa hoon.I'm waiting for you.
जून के आखिर में. शायद जुलाई.joon ke aa-khir men. shaa-yad ju-laa-ee.End of June. Maybe July.

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