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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Slang and the Baby

A Sunday at Lajpat Nagar, Meera on Noah's knee: awesome in front of the baby, sorry, a habit from the roof, here we say very good, not killer but superb, not useless but bad, he talks like the Chandni Chowk crowd now, the proper word in front of elders and on the radio, and on the roof too, because Mummy ji hears everything.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' sitting room in Lajpat Nagar on a Sunday afternoon, Meera on Noah's knee; Noah says the polite you to Mummy ji, who says the familiar you to him by his name, and Priya and Noah say the familiar you to each other.

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बच्ची के सामनेbach-chee ke saam-nein front of the baby
नोआ, बच्ची के सामने मस्त?no-aa, bach-chee ke saam-ne mast?Noah, awesome in front of the baby?
माफ़ कीजिए, मम्मी जी. छत की आदत है.maaf kee-ji-ye, mum-mee jee. chhat kee aa-dat hai.Sorry, Mummy ji. A habit from the roof.
मस्त नहीं, बहुत अच्छा.mast na-heen, ba-hut ach-chhaa.Not awesome, very good.
छत पर ठीक है. यहाँ बहुत अच्छा कहते हैं.chhat par theek hai. ya-haan ba-hut ach-chhaa keh-te hain.On the roof, fine. Here we say very good.
और ज़बरदस्त, मम्मी जी?aur za-bar-dast, mum-mee jee?And killer, Mummy ji?
शानदार. और फ़ालतू नहीं, बेकार.shaan-daar. aur faal-too na-heen, be-kaar.Superb. And not useless, bad.
चांदनी चौक वालों जैसाchaand-nee chauk vaa-lon jai-saalike the Chandni Chowk crowd
मम्मी, ये अब चांदनी चौक वालों जैसा बोलता है.mum-mee, ye ab chaand-nee chauk vaa-lon jai-saa bol-taa hai.Mummy, he talks like the Chandni Chowk crowd now.
बड़ों के सामनेba-ron ke saam-nein front of elders

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