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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The first auto

The crowded Sunday table at Lajpat Nagar, Rohan, Neha and Priya all wanting Noah's story of his first auto ride in Delhi: let Noah tell it, won't you tell us, just tell it with the driver's face, Lajpat Nagar said three times the American way, a nod and an hour's drive, the address on the phone and the house two streets away, the best hour of his life, and better late than never.

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THE STORY

The Sunday table at the Sharmas' house in Lajpat Nagar, the whole family round it; Noah, Rohan, Neha and Priya say the familiar you to each other.

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सुनाने दोsu-naa-ne dolet him tell it
नोआ को पहले ऑटो वाली सुनाने दो.no-aa ko peh-le aw-to vaa-lee su-naa-ne do.Let Noah tell the first-auto one.
सुनाओ नsu-naa-o nawon't you tell us
सुनाओ न, नोआ, वो जिस पर प्रिया हँसती है.su-naa-o na, no-aa, vo jis par pri-yaa hans-tee hai.Won't you tell us, Noah, the one Priya laughs at.
सुनाइए न, दादी जी.su-naa-i-e na, daa-dee jee.Won't you tell us one, Dadi ji?
ज़रा सुनाओ, ड्राइवर के चेहरे के साथ.za-raa su-naa-o, draa-i-var ke cheh-re ke saath.Just tell it, with the driver's face.
पहले हफ़्ते मैंने ड्राइवर से लाजपत नगर तीन बार कहा.peh-le haf-te main-ne draa-i-var se laaj-pat na-gar teen baar ka-haa.In the first week I said Lajpat Nagar to a driver three times.
सिर हिलायाsir hi-laa-yaahe nodded
उसने सिर हिलाया और एक घंटा घुमाया.us-ne sir hi-laa-yaa aur ek ghan-taa ghu-maa-yaa.He nodded, and drove me round for an hour.
दो गली दूरdo ga-lee doortwo streets away

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