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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sunday lunch

Sunday lunch in Lajpat Nagar, early October, three weeks before Diwali: my friends are going to Varanasi, will you come, I hope I get leave, Diwali in three weeks, promise, I promise, my child eat, next year where, here I hope, we hope so too, then I promise.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' table in Lajpat Nagar on a Sunday in early October, three weeks before Diwali, the whole family and Noah, who is with Priya now. Noah says the polite you to Mummy ji, Papa ji and Dadi ji, and the familiar you to Priya; the elders say the familiar you to him.

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तुम आओगे?tum aa-o-ge?will you come, to a man
मेरे दोस्त वाराणसी जा रहे हैं. तुम आओगे?me-re dost vaa-raa-na-see jaa ra-he hain. tum aa-o-ge?My friends are going to Varanasi. Will you come?
मैं ज़रूर आऊँगा.main za-roor aa-oon-gaa.I'll come for sure.
मुझे उम्मीद है कि छुट्टी मिलेगी.mu-jhe um-meed hai ki chhut-tee mi-le-gee.I hope I get leave.
तुम यहाँ रहोगे?tum ya-haan ra-ho-ge?you'll stay here, to a man
दीवाली तीन हफ़्ते में. तुम यहाँ रहोगे? वादा?dee-vaa-lee teen haf-te men. tum ya-haan ra-ho-ge? vaa-daa?Diwali in three weeks. You'll be here? Promise?
वादा करता हूँ, मम्मी जी.vaa-daa kar-taa hoon, mam-mee jee.I promise, Mummy ji.
बेटा, खाओ. उम्मीद है, मेरी दाल अब आती है.be-taa, khaa-o. um-meed hai, me-ree daal ab aa-tee hai.My child, eat. I hope my dal comes to you by now.
और अगले साल, कहाँ?aur ag-le saal, ka-haan?And next year, where?
यहाँ, उम्मीद है.ya-haan, um-meed hai.Here, I hope.

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