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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Meera's Games

The Sharmas' sitting room on a Sunday afternoon, Meera ten months old: where's grandma, why do you call Mummy ji grandma, from Meera's side, my mother is her grandma and Papa ji her grandpa, Rohan her uncle, Neha her aunt, Dadi ji her great-grandmother, then what am I, you're daddy, she says milk and sleep, clap, bye-bye to uncle, dirty, don't touch.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' sitting room in Lajpat Nagar on a Sunday afternoon, Meera on the carpet; Noah and Priya say the familiar you to each other and to Rohan, and Mummy ji says the familiar you to all three.

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मीरा, नानी कहाँ है? वो रही नानी.mee-raa, naa-nee ka-haan hai? vo ra-hee naa-nee.Meera, where's grandma? There's grandma.
मम्मी जी को नानी क्यों कहती हो?mum-mee jee ko naa-nee kyon keh-tee ho?Why do you call Mummy ji grandma?
मीरा की तरफ़ से.mee-raa kee ta-raf se.from Meera's side
मीरा की तरफ़ से. मेरी माँ उसकी नानी.mee-raa kee ta-raf se. me-ree maan us-kee naa-nee.From Meera's side. My mother is her grandma.
और रोहन क्या है?aur ro-han kyaa hai?And what's Rohan?
रोहन मामा, नेहा मामी, और दादी जी पड़नानी.ro-han maa-maa, ne-haa maa-mee, aur daa-dee jee par-naa-nee.Rohan is her uncle, Neha her aunt, and Dadi ji her great-grandmother.
छी! हाथ मत लगाओ.chhee! haath mat la-gaa-o.Dirty! Don't touch.
तो मैं क्या हूँ?to main kyaa hoon?Then what am I?
तुम पापा हो. बोलो पापा, मीरा.tum paa-paa ho. bo-lo paa-paa, mee-raa.You're daddy. Say daddy, Meera.
दूदू और निन्नीdoo-doo aur nin-neemilk and sleep, in baby words

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