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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Room and the Roof

The landlady shows Noah a room with a kitchen in Hauz Khas Village and the roof above it: from the roof you can see the lake, can I cook here, you can, no parties, friends can come until eleven, can I stay from May, I'll take it.

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THE STORY

Thursday at five, Hauz Khas Village: the landlady, an older woman who lives on the ground floor, shows Noah the room. They say the polite you to each other; she calls him my child.

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आइए, बेटा. यह कमरा, यह किचन.aa-i-ye, be-taa. ye kam-raa, ye ki-chan.Come in, my child. This is the room, this the kitchen.
और ऊपर?aur oo-par?And upstairs?
देख सकते हैं.dekh sak-te hain.you can see, politely
छत. छत से झील देख सकते हैं.chhat. chhat se jheel dekh sak-te hain.The roof. From the roof you can see the lake.
बना सकता हूँ?ba-naa sak-taa hoon?can I cook, as a man
वाह! यहाँ खाना बना सकता हूँ?vaah! ya-haan khaa-naa ba-naa sak-taa hoon?Wow! Can I cook here?
मैं यहाँ खाना बना सकती हूँ?main ya-haan khaa-naa ba-naa sak-tee hoon?Can I cook here?
खाना बना सकते हैं. पार्टी नहीं.khaa-naa ba-naa sak-te hain. paar-tee na-heen.You can cook. No parties.
दोस्त आ सकते हैं?dost aa sak-te hain?Can friends come?
आ सकते हैं, ग्यारह बजे तक.aa sak-te hain, gyaa-rah ba-je tak.They can, until eleven.

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