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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Nobody but Dadi ji

The editing night in Rohan and Neha's rooms in Lajpat Nagar, the cut on Neha's laptop: three hours of jalebi that nobody but a sweet-maker would watch, a story must have an ending, nothing else will do, Dadi ji on the bench and nobody but her could end it, and a mountain dug for a mouse.

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THE STORY

Rohan and Neha's rooms on the first floor of the Sharmas' house in Lajpat Nagar, a December night, the film's cut on Neha's laptop; Noah, Rohan and Neha say the familiar you to one another.

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हलवाई के सिवा कोई नहींhal-vaa-ee ke si-vaa ko-ee na-heennobody but a sweet-maker
तीन घंटे की जलेबी. हलवाई के सिवा कोई नहीं देखेगा.teen ghan-te kee ja-le-bee. hal-vaa-ee ke si-vaa ko-ee na-heen de-khe-gaa.Three hours of jalebi. Nobody but a sweet-maker will watch it.
यह दुकान की फ़िल्म है, शादी का वीडियो नहीं.ye du-kaan kee film hai, shaa-dee kaa vee-di-yo na-heen.It's a film about a shop, not a wedding video.
फ़िल्म कहानी है, और कहानी में अंत होना चाहिए.film ka-haa-nee hai, aur ka-haa-nee men ant ho-naa chaa-hi-ye.A film is a story, and a story must have an ending.
अंत में दुकान सौ की होनी चाहिए. और कुछ नहीं चलेगा.ant men du-kaan sau kee ho-nee chaa-hi-ye. aur kuchh na-heen cha-le-gaa.At the end the shop has to turn a hundred. Nothing else will do.
तो अंत में दादी जी बेंच पर, सिर्फ़ वो और गली.to ant men daa-dee jee bench par, sirf vo aur ga-lee.So at the end Dadi ji on the bench, only her and the lane.
दादी जी के अलावा कोई नहींdaa-dee jee ke a-laa-vaa ko-ee na-heennobody but Dadi ji
दादी जी के अलावा कोई इसे खत्म नहीं कर सकता.daa-dee jee ke a-laa-vaa ko-ee i-se khatm na-heen kar sak-taa.Nobody but Dadi ji can end it.
खोदा पहाड़ निकली चुहिया.kho-daa pa-haar ni-ka-lee chu-hi-yaa.dug a mountain, out came a mouse
खोदा पहाड़ निकली चुहिया, नेहा हर बार कहती है. ठीक है, तीस मिनट.kho-daa pa-haar ni-ka-lee chu-hi-yaa, ne-haa har baar keh-tee hai. theek hai, tees mi-nat.Dug a mountain, out came a mouse, Neha says every time. All right, thirty minutes.