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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Cold Morning

The studio at six on a foggy December morning: come in the chai's hot, I'm dying of cold and my life is leaving me, Portland has no winter, it does but with heating and here the house is colder than the street, Delhi winter is two sweaters a monkey cap and a quilt at the table, my hands and feet are numb so who'll hold the microphone, everyone's late in the fog and on air in two minutes, then bring the chai to the microphone.

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THE STORY

The studio off Connaught Place at six on a Saturday morning in late December, fog over Delhi, Vikram with a kettle. Simran and Noah say the familiar you to each other off air; Vikram and Noah the polite you.

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आइए, आइए, चाय गरम है.aa-i-e, aa-i-e, chaay ga-ram hai.Come in, come in, the chai's hot.
ठंड से मर रहा हूँthand se mar ra-haa hoonI'm dying of cold, as a man
ठंड से मर रहा हूँ, जान निकल रही है.thand se mar ra-haa hoon, jaan ni-kal ra-hee hai.I'm dying of cold, my life is leaving me.
पोर्टलैंड में सर्दी नहीं होती?port-laind men sar-dee na-heen ho-tee?Portland has no winter?
होती है, पर हीटिंग के साथ. यहाँ घर सड़क से ज़्यादा ठंडा है.ho-tee hai, par hee-ting ke saath. ya-haan ghar sa-rak se zyaa-daa than-daa hai.It does, but with heating. Here the house is colder than the street.
मंकी कैप और मेज़ पर रजाईman-kee kaip aur mez par ra-zaa-eea monkey cap and a quilt at the table
दिल्ली की सर्दी, दो स्वेटर, मंकी कैप और मेज़ पर रजाई.dil-lee kee sar-dee, do sve-tar, man-kee kaip aur mez par ra-zaa-ee.Delhi winter: two sweaters, a monkey cap and a quilt at the table.
हाथ-पैर सुन्न हैं. आज माइक कौन पकड़ेगा?haath-pair sunn hain. aaj maa-ik kaun pa-ka-re-gaa?My hands and feet are numb. Who'll hold the microphone today?
कोहरे में सब लेट हैं. दो मिनट में ऑन एयर.koh-re men sab let hain. do mi-nat men on e-yar.Everyone's late in the fog. On air in two minutes.
तो चाय माइक तक ले आइए.to chaay maa-ik tak le aa-i-e.Then bring the chai to the microphone.