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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Idioms of the Cards

Bhalla ji explains how Delhi runs, in the words of the card table: never show your cards first, keep a trump card in your pocket, the cheap supplier and the landlord's cousin, never put all your cards on one hand, an empty hand, and the one who wins the game is the one who went home before the chai.

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THE STORY

The roof of the Sharmas' shop in Chandni Chowk on a December Saturday evening, the cards face down and the brazier low; Noah says the polite you to Bhalla ji and Papa ji, and they say the familiar you and son to him.

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पुत्तर, दिल्ली ताश का खेल है.put-tar, dil-lee taash kaa khel hai.Son, Delhi is a card game.
वो कैसे, भल्ला जी?vo kai-se, bhal-laa jee?How so, Bhalla ji?
अपने पत्ते कभी पहले मत खोलो.ap-ne pat-te ka-bhee peh-le mat kho-lo.Never show your cards first.
जो पहले खोलता है, वो हारता है.jo peh-le khol-taa hai, vo haar-taa hai.The one who shows first, loses.
और तुरुप का पत्ता?aur tu-rup kaa pat-taa?And the trump card?
एक जेब में रखो. सस्ता सप्लायर.ek jeb men ra-kho. sas-taa sa-plaa-yar.Keep one in your pocket. The cheap supplier.
नोआ का तुरुप का पत्ता? दादी जी की रेसिपी.no-aa kaa tu-rup kaa pat-taa? daa-dee jee kee re-si-pee.Noah's trump card? Dadi ji's recipes.
और सारे पत्ते एक हाथ पर मत लगाओ.aur saa-re pat-te ek haath par mat la-gaa-o.And never put all your cards on one hand.
बाज़ी किसने मारी?baa-zee kis-ne maa-ree?who won the game
आज मेरा हाथ खाली है. बाज़ी किसने मारी?aaj me-raa haath khaa-lee hai. baa-zee kis-ne maa-ree?Today my hand is empty. Who won the game?

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