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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Cricket on the Roof

The cards stop for the last over on Bhalla ji's old radio, India batting: quiet, a six, what a shot, a catch, no, dropped, oh man, good grief with hands like that, go on, you'd have dropped it too, whose turn is it, nobody's playing now, a four, and chai for everyone.

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THE STORY

The roof of the Sharmas' shop in Chandni Chowk on a December Saturday evening, the match on Bhalla ji's old radio and the cards forgotten; Noah says the polite you to everyone older, Bhalla ji says the familiar you and son to him, Papa ji the familiar you to Raju bhaiya, and Sonu brings the chai.

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चुप! आखिरी ओवर.chup! aa-khi-ree o-var.Quiet! The last over.
छक्का! क्या बात है!chhak-kaa! kyaa baat hai!A six! What a shot!
छूट गयाchhoot ga-yaadropped
ओहो, कैच! नहीं, छूट गया!o-ho, kaich! na-heen, chhoot ga-yaa!Oh no, a catch! No, dropped!
छूट गया? कैच छूट गया?chhoot ga-yaa? kaich chhoot ga-yaa?Dropped? The catch was dropped?
उफ़, कितनी ठंड है!uf, kit-nee thand hai!Oof, how cold it is!
अरे यार! बाप रे, ऐसे हाथ!a-re yaar! baap re, ai-se haath!Oh man! Good grief, hands like that!
हट! तुमसे भी छूट जाता, राजू.hat! tum-se bhee chhoot jaa-taa, raa-joo.Go on! You'd have dropped it too, Raju.
किसकी बारी है, पत्तों की?kis-kee baa-ree hai, pat-ton kee?Whose turn is it, with the cards?
अब कोई पत्ते नहीं खेल रहा, पुत्तर.ab ko-ee pat-te na-heen khel ra-haa, put-tar.Nobody's playing cards now, son.

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