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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Chaat Seller's Calls

The stall at the corner of the lane on a winter evening: hot hot, fresh fresh, four for twenty, potato patties, two plates separate with less chilli on one, chai or something, chaat or something, a little water or something, and slowly slowly, sir, it's hot.

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THE STORY

The chaat stall at the corner of the lane outside the Sharmas' shop in Chandni Chowk, a December evening; Noah and the chaat seller say the polite you to each other, Noah says the familiar you to Sonu, and Sonu the polite you and bhaiya to Noah.

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बीस की चारbees kee chaarfour for twenty
गरम-गरम, ताज़ा-ताज़ा! बीस की चार!ga-ram-ga-ram, taa-zaa-taa-zaa! bees kee chaar!Hot hot, fresh fresh! Four for twenty!
भाई साहब, बीस की चार क्या?bhaa-ee saa-hab, bees kee chaar kyaa?Brother, what's four for twenty?
आलू टिक्की, साहब. गरम-गरम!aa-loo tik-kee, saa-hab. ga-ram-ga-ram!Potato patties, sir. Hot hot!
दो प्लेट, अलग-अलग. एक में मिर्च कम.do plet, a-lag-a-lag. ek men mirch kam.Two plates, separate. Less chilli on one.
खाना-वाना खाया, सोनू?khaa-naa-vaa-naa khaa-yaa, so-noo?Had food and all, Sonu?
मिर्च कम, अमेरिका वाले के लिए.mirch kam, a-me-ri-kaa vaa-le ke li-ye.Less chilli, for the American one.
सोनू, चाय-वाय लोगे?so-noo, chaay-vaay lo-ge?Sonu, will you have chai or something?
चाय-वाय, चाट-वाट, सब कुछ, भैया!chaay-vaay, chaat-vaat, sab kuchh, bhai-yaa!Chai or something, chaat or something, everything, bhaiya!
और थोड़ा पानी-वानी, भाई साहब.aur tho-raa paa-nee-vaa-nee, bhaa-ee saa-hab.And a little water or something, brother.

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