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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dadi ji On the Line

The phone-in's first caller: hello, is this the radio, you're on air aunty ji tell us your name, Kamla from Lajpat Nagar and Noah son you said too little clarified butter, who else, half a cup is a joke and in my house it's a full cup, you're right Dadi ji but what will the doctors say, doctors eat my laddoos too, come to the studio one day, send the auto.

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THE STORY

The studio off Connaught Place, the second Saturday's phone-in; the first caller is Dadi ji, from the house in Lajpat Nagar. Simran and Noah say the polite you to her; Dadi ji says the intimate you to Noah and the familiar you to Simran.

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हेलो? रेडियो है?he-lo? re-di-yo hai?Hello? Is this the radio?
आप ऑन एयर हैं, आंटी जी. अपना नाम बताइए.aap on e-yar hain, aan-tee jee. ap-naa naam ba-taa-i-e.You're on air, aunty ji. Tell us your name.
तूने घी कम बताया.too-ne ghee kam ba-taa-yaa.you said too little clarified butter, in the intimate you
कमला, लाजपत नगर. नोआ बेटा, तूने घी कम बताया.kam-laa, laaj-pat na-gar. no-aa be-taa, too-ne ghee kam ba-taa-yaa.Kamla, Lajpat Nagar. Noah, son, you said too little clarified butter.
और कौन? आधा कप मज़ाक है, मेरे घर में पूरा कप.aur kaun? aa-dhaa kap ma-zaak hai, me-re ghar men poo-raa kap.Who else? Half a cup is a joke, in my house a full cup.
माफ़ कीजिए, मगर आधा कप काफ़ी है.maaf kee-ji-e, ma-gar aa-dhaa kap kaa-fee hai.Sorry, but half a cup is enough.
आप ठीक कह रही हैं, दादी जी, पर डॉक्टर क्या कहेंगे?aap theek keh ra-hee hain, daa-dee jee, par dok-tar kyaa ka-hen-ge?You're right, Dadi ji, but what will the doctors say?
डॉक्टर भी मेरे लड्डू खाते हैं.dok-tar bhee me-re lad-doo khaa-te hain.Doctors eat my laddoos too.
आंटी जी, एक दिन स्टूडियो आइए.aan-tee jee, ek din stoo-di-yo aa-i-e.Aunty ji, come to the studio one day.
ऑटो भेजो, बेटी.o-to bhe-jo, be-tee.Send the auto, daughter.