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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sonu's Slang

Sonu tastes the chocolate milk sweet Noah made for the shop: awesome, killer, the old one was useless, just time pass, and each slang word beside the ordinary word it replaces, with Rohan's rule for the counter and Bhalla ji's for the radio.

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THE STORY

The roof of the Sharmas' shop in Chandni Chowk on a December Saturday evening, a plate of the new chocolate sweet on the cot; Sonu says the polite you and bhaiya to Noah, Noah and Rohan say the familiar you to Sonu, and Bhalla ji says the familiar you and son to Noah.

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नोआ भैया, यह मिठाई मस्त है!no-aa bhai-yaa, ye mi-thaa-ee mast hai!Noah bhaiya, this sweet is awesome!
मस्त? मतलब?mast? mat-lab?Awesome? Meaning?
चॉकलेट वाली ज़बरदस्तchok-let vaa-lee za-bar-dastthe chocolate one is killer
मतलब बहुत अच्छी. चॉकलेट वाली ज़बरदस्त!mat-lab ba-hut ach-chhee. chok-let vaa-lee za-bar-dast!Meaning very good. The chocolate one is killer!
ज़बरदस्त मतलब?za-bar-dast mat-lab?Killer meaning what?
शानदार. पुरानी वाली फ़ालतू थी.shaan-daar. pu-raa-nee vaa-lee faal-too thee.Superb. The old one was useless.
सोनू, फ़ालतू वाली पापा जी की रेसिपी है!so-noo, faal-too vaa-lee paa-paa jee kee re-si-pee hai!Sonu, the useless one is Papa ji's recipe!
फ़ालतू नहीं, भैया. बस, टाइम पास.faal-too na-heen, bhai-yaa. bas, taa-im paas.Not useless, bhaiya. Just, time pass.
पापा जी के सामनेpaa-paa jee ke saam-nein front of Papa ji
पापा जी के सामने बहुत अच्छी, मस्त नहीं.paa-paa jee ke saam-ne ba-hut ach-chhee, mast na-heen.In front of Papa ji say very good, not awesome.

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