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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The wrong box of sweets

The Diwali table at Lajpat Nagar, Rohan filming: how Mummy ji and Papa ji met at the shop's counter: he said the box was ready, she asked whether this shop sold sweets or mistakes, three months of Saturdays asking whether the order was ready or not, her father asking whether it was sweets or excuses, he said he wanted to marry her, and something fishy in the dal from the first box.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The Diwali table at the Sharmas' house in Lajpat Nagar, lamps lit, Rohan filming on his phone; Rohan and Noah say the polite you to Mummy ji and Papa ji, who say the familiar you to them and the respectful plural to each other.

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मम्मी जी, पापा जी ने पहले दिन क्या कहा?mam-mee jee, paa-paa jee ne peh-le din kyaa ka-haa?Mummy ji, what did Papa ji say the first day?
कि डिब्बा तैयार हैki dib-baa tai-yaar haithat the box is ready
इन्होंने कहा कि डिब्बा तैयार है.in-hon-ne ka-haa ki dib-baa tai-yaar hai.He said that the box is ready.
इन्होंने पूछा कि दुकान मिठाई बेचती है या गलतियाँ.in-hon-ne poo-chhaa ki du-kaan mi-thaa-ee bech-tee hai yaa gal-ti-yaan.She asked whether the shop sells sweets or mistakes.
तो आपने शनिवार तक ठीक कर दिया?to aap-ne sha-ni-vaar tak theek kar di-yaa?So you fixed it by Saturday?
कि ऑर्डर तैयार है या नहींki awr-dar tai-yaar hai yaa na-heenwhether the order is ready or not
हर शनिवार पूछा कि ऑर्डर तैयार है या नहीं.har sha-ni-vaar poo-chhaa ki awr-dar tai-yaar hai yaa na-heen.Every Saturday I asked whether the order is ready or not.
फिर इनके पिता ने पूछा कि मिठाई बेचते हो या बहाने.phir in-ke pi-taa ne poo-chhaa ki mi-thaa-ee bech-te ho yaa ba-haa-ne.Then her father asked whether you sell sweets or excuses.
और इन्होंने कहा कि मैं इनसे शादी करना चाहता हूँ.aur in-hon-ne ka-haa ki main in-se shaa-dee kar-naa chaah-taa hoon.And he said that he wants to marry her.
दाल में कुछ काला है.daal men kuchh kaa-laa hai.There's something fishy in the dal.