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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Leaking Roof

A rainy night at the Hauz Khas flat and a phone call to the landlady: water is coming from the roof, it's still dripping, the rain hasn't stopped yet, a bucket, the man tomorrow at ten, and until then move the bed.

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THE STORY

Noah's flat in Hauz Khas Village, a night in July, the rain loud on the roof, the landlady on the phone from the ground floor. Noah calls her aunty ji; the landlady and Noah say the polite you to each other, and she calls him my child.

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आंटी जी, छत से पानी आ रहा है.aan-tee jee, chhat se paa-nee aa ra-haa hai.Aunty ji, water is coming from the roof.
अभी भी, बेटा?a-bhee bhee, be-taa?Still, my child?
टपक रहा हैta-pak ra-haa haiit's dripping
अभी भी टपक रहा है. बिस्तर पर.a-bhee bhee ta-pak ra-haa hai. bis-tar par.It's still dripping. On the bed.
बारिश रुक गई?baa-rish ruk ga-ee?Has the rain stopped?
अभी तक नहीं. बारिश हो रही है.a-bhee tak na-heen. baa-rish ho ra-hee hai.Not yet. It's raining.
बारिश अभी तक नहीं रुकी.baa-rish a-bhee tak na-heen ru-kee.The rain hasn't stopped yet.
कल दस बजेkal das ba-jetomorrow at ten
बाल्टी रखिए. आदमी कल दस बजे आएगा.baal-tee ra-khi-e. aad-mee kal das ba-je aa-e-gaa.Put a bucket. The man will come tomorrow at ten.
और तब तक?aur tab tak?And until then?

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