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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Dead Fridge

A Saturday afternoon at the shop, a wedding order of forty kilos by six and the fridge dead: call the repairman, tomorrow means never, Sonu sent next door, it'll work out, Papa ji has an arrangement, we'll manage with ice, in Delhi everything works, that's a make-do fix, and if it doesn't, forty kilos of sweets to eat.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of the Sharmas' shop in Chandni Chowk on a Saturday afternoon in December, forty kilos of sweets due at six; Noah and Rohan say the familiar you to each other and to Sonu, Noah says the polite you to Papa ji, Papa ji the familiar you and son to Noah, and Sonu the polite you and bhaiya to Noah.

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फ़्रिज मर गया, और ऑर्डर छह बजे का है.frij mar ga-yaa, aur or-dar chhe ba-je kaa hai.The fridge has died, and the order is at six.
मिस्त्री को फ़ोन करो.mis-tree ko fon ka-ro.Call the repairman.
चल, सोनू, जल्दी!chal, so-noo, jal-dee!Come on, Sonu, quick!
कहता है कल. कल मतलब कभी नहीं.keh-taa hai kal. kal mat-lab ka-bhee na-heen.He says tomorrow. Tomorrow means never.
सोनू, भल्ला जी के पास जाओ.so-noo, bhal-laa jee ke paas jaa-o.Sonu, go to Bhalla ji.
चल जाएगा, पापा जी?chal jaa-e-gaa, paa-paa jee?Will it work out, Papa ji?
चल जाएगा. भल्ला जी से मेरी सेटिंग है.chal jaa-e-gaa. bhal-laa jee se me-ree se-ting hai.It'll work out. Bhalla ji and I have an arrangement.
काम चला लेंगेkaam cha-laa len-gewe'll manage
तब तक बर्फ़ से काम चला लेंगे.tab tak barf se kaam cha-laa len-ge.Until then we'll manage with ice.
दिल्ली में सब चलता है, बेटा. यही जुगाड़ है.dil-lee men sab chal-taa hai, be-taa. ya-hee ju-gaar hai.In Delhi everything works, son. That's a make-do fix.

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