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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Rooftop Dhaba

A rooftop dhaba in Paharganj past midnight, after the shop closes: come up, the clay oven's still hot, three butter parathas and the dal with the tempering, the big glass of chai or the small one, the radio one is the dhaba's guest, the one with extra butter is Sonu's, and the pickle one is the sweets man's.

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THE STORY

A rooftop dhaba in Paharganj at one in the morning, the clay oven still glowing; the owner and Noah say the polite you to each other and he is uncle ji, Rohan and Noah say the familiar you to Sonu, who answers them with the polite you.

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ऊपर आइए, तंदूर अभी गरम है.oo-par aa-i-ye, tan-door a-bhee ga-ram hai.Come up, the clay oven's still hot.
तड़के वाली दाल.tar-ke vaa-lee daal.the dal with the tempering
तीन मक्खन वाले पराठे और तड़के वाली दाल.teen mak-khan vaa-le pa-raa-the aur tar-ke vaa-lee daal.Three butter parathas and the dal with the tempering.
और एक तंदूर वाली रोटी.aur ek tan-door vaa-lee ro-tee.And one clay-oven bread.
चाय बड़ा वाला ग्लास या छोटा वाला?chaay ba-raa vaa-laa glaas yaa chho-taa vaa-laa?Chai, the big glass or the small one?
बड़ा वाला, अंकल जी. एक बज गया है.ba-raa vaa-laa, an-kal jee. ek baj ga-yaa hai.The big one, uncle ji. It's gone one.
रेडियो वाले! ढाबे वाले सब आपको सुनते हैं.re-di-yo vaa-le! dhaa-be vaa-le sab aap-ko sun-te hain.The radio one! Everyone at the dhaba listens to you.
सोनू, ज़्यादा मक्खन वाला तुम्हारा. तुम पतले हो.so-noo, zyaa-daa mak-khan vaa-laa tum-haa-raa. tum pat-le ho.Sonu, the one with extra butter is yours. You're thin.
और अचार वाला किसका है?aur a-chaar vaa-laa kis-kaa hai?And whose is the pickle one?
अचार वाला मिठाई वाले का, अंकल जी.a-chaar vaa-laa mi-thaa-ee vaa-le kaa, an-kal jee.The pickle one is the sweets man's, uncle ji.