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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Whoever speaks

Dadi ji's kitchen in Lajpat Nagar, carrot halwa for the winter: grate slowly, a bit of finger too, whoever speaks opens the latch and the couple who bet on it, whoever means anyone, whose stick his buffalo, and in this kitchen the stick is her ladle.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of the Sharmas' house in Lajpat Nagar on a winter morning, carrot halwa on the stove; Dadi ji says the familiar you to Noah and calls him son, and Noah says the polite you to her.

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धीरे घिसो, बेटा. गाजर, उँगली नहीं.dhee-re ghi-so, be-taa. gaa-jar, un-glee na-heen.Grate slowly, son. The carrot, not the finger.
थोड़ी उँगली भी घिस गई, दादी जी.tho-ree un-glee bhee ghis ga-ee, daa-dee jee.A bit of finger got grated too, Dadi ji.
जो बोले सो कुंडा खोले.jo bo-le so kun-daa kho-le.Whoever speaks opens the latch.
शर्त थी: जो पहले बोले, वो दरवाज़ा बंद करे.shart thee: jo peh-le bo-le, vo dar-vaa-zaa band ka-re.The bet was: whoever speaks first shuts the door.
दोनों चुप रहेdo-non chup ra-heboth stayed quiet
चोर बर्तन ले गया, और दोनों चुप रहे.chor bar-tan le ga-yaa, aur do-non chup ra-he.A thief took the pots, and both stayed quiet.
कोई भी. कहावत में जो का मतलब हर कोई.ko-ee bhee. ka-haa-vat men jo kaa mat-lab har ko-ee.Anyone. In a proverb, whoever means everyone.
जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस.jis-kee laa-thee us-kee bhains.Whose stick, his buffalo.
मेरी कड़छीme-ree kar-chheemy ladle
और इस रसोई में लाठी मेरी कड़छी है.aur is ra-so-ee men laa-thee me-ree kar-chhee hai.And in this kitchen the stick is my ladle.