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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Hundred Years of Sweetness

The voice-over at Rohan's: the film needs a voice and Rohan keeps coughing, so Noah reads: first a shop, then a bride, then ninety-nine years of jalebi, after that an American with a notebook, in the end a granddaughter at the counter, all in all a shop and its lane; the film gets its title, and practice makes the dull wise.

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THE STORY

Rohan's room in Lajpat Nagar on a December evening, the laptop open and a microphone on the table; Noah and Rohan say the familiar you to each other.

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फ़िल्म को आवाज़ चाहिए. मैं खाँसता रहता हूँ.film ko aa-vaaz chaa-hi-ye. main khaans-taa reh-taa hoon.The film needs a voice. I keep coughing.
पहले दुकान, फिर दुल्हन, फिर निन्यानवे साल की जलेबी.peh-le du-kaan, phir dul-han, phir nin-yaa-na-ve saal kee ja-le-bee.First a shop, then a bride, then ninety-nine years of jalebi.
बहुत सारे फिर. उसके बाद, आखिर में बोलो.ba-hut saa-re phir. us-ke baad, aa-khir men bo-lo.Too many thens. Say after that, in the end.
उसके बाद, नोटबुक वाला अमेरिकी. आखिर में, काउंटर पर पोती.us-ke baad, not-buk vaa-laa a-me-ri-kee. aa-khir men, kaa-un-tar par po-tee.After that, an American with a notebook. In the end, a granddaughter at the counter.
कुल मिलाकर, एक दुकान, एक गली, और एक दादी.kul mi-laa-kar, ek du-kaan, ek ga-lee, aur ek daa-dee.All in all, a shop, a lane, and a grandmother.
यही टाइटल है, सौ साल की मिठास. एक बार फिर.ya-hee taa-i-tal hai, sau saal kee mi-thaas. ek baar phir.That's the title: A Hundred Years of Sweetness. Once more.
करत-करत अभ्यास के जड़मति होत सुजान.ka-rat-ka-rat abh-yaas ke jar-ma-ti hot su-jaan.Practice makes the dull wise.