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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Since October

An older neighbour on the landing wants to know who the new tenant is: who are you, since Sunday, where are you from, since when in Delhi, since October, for a week, what do you do, a cook at a hotel for two weeks, until when, a year or longer.

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THE STORY

The first-floor landing of the house in Hauz Khas Village: the neighbour, an older woman with a bag of vegetables, stops Noah on the stairs. They say the polite you to each other; she calls him my child.

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आप कौन हैं, बेटा? नए हैं?aap kaun hain, be-taa? na-ye hain?Who are you, my child? New here?
जी, आंटी जी. ऊपर, रविवार से.jee, aan-tee jee. oo-par, ra-vi-vaar se.Yes, aunty ji. Upstairs, since Sunday.
कब से?kab se?Since when?
कहाँ से हैं? और दिल्ली में कब से?ka-haan se hain? aur dil-lee men kab se?Where are you from? And since when in Delhi?
अमेरिका से. दिल्ली में अक्टूबर से.a-me-ri-kaa se. dil-lee men ak-too-bar se.From America. In Delhi since October.
मैं यहाँ एक हफ़्ते से हूँ.main ya-haan ek haf-te se hoon.I've been here for a week.
आपकी हिंदी अच्छी है! क्या करते हैं?aap-kee hin-dee ach-chhee hai! kyaa kar-te hain?Your Hindi is good! What do you do?
दो हफ़्ते सेdo haf-te sefor two weeks
कुक हूँ. होटल में, दो हफ़्ते से.kuk hoon. ho-tal men, do haf-te se.I'm a cook. At a hotel, for two weeks.
और कब तक रहेंगे?aur kab tak ra-hen-ge?And until when are you staying?

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