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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Two Dates on the Calendar

Mummy ji's kitchen in Lajpat Nagar: two dates go on the calendar, Dadi ji's ninetieth birthday after Dussehra and the shop's hundred years after Holi, and the speech is Noah's.

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Lesson 1 · Two Dates on the Calendar

Hindi · 30 minutes

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Mummy ji's kitchen in Lajpat Nagar on an October morning; Rohan's film of the shop is finished. Noah speaks to Mummy ji with the polite you and she to him with the familiar you; Noah and Rohan say the familiar you to each other.

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दादी जी का नब्बेवाँ जन्मदिनdaa-dee jee kaa nab-be-vaan jan-ma-dinDadi ji's ninetieth birthday
दो तारीखें लिखो. दशहरे के बाद, दादी जी का नब्बेवाँ जन्मदिन.do taa-ree-khen li-kho. da-sheh-re ke baad, daa-dee jee kaa nab-be-vaan jan-ma-din.Write two dates. After Dussehra, Dadi ji's ninetieth birthday.
नब्बे? वे अभी से नब्बे की हो गईं?nab-be? ve a-bhee se nab-be kee ho ga-een?Ninety? Is she ninety already?
दादी जी आ रही हैं.daa-dee jee aa ra-hee hain.Dadi ji is coming.
अभी नवासी की हैं. पार्टी अपने आँगन में चाहती हैं.a-bhee na-vaa-see kee hain. paar-tee ap-ne aan-gan men chaah-tee hain.Eighty-nine now. She wants the party in her courtyard.
और दूसरी: होली के बाद, दुकान सौ साल की हो जाएगी.aur doos-ree: ho-lee ke baad, du-kaan sau saal kee ho jaa-e-gee.And the second: after Holi, the shop turns a hundred.
सौ और नब्बे, एक ही सर्दी में!sau aur nab-be, ek hee sar-dee men!A hundred and ninety, in one winter!
और उन्होंने कहा, भाषण होगा.aur un-hon-ne ka-haa, bhaa-shan ho-gaa.And she said, there'll be a speech.
किसका भाषण, मम्मी जी?kis-kaa bhaa-shan, mam-mee jee?Whose speech, Mummy ji?
उन्होंने खुद तुम्हारा नाम लिया.un-hon-ne khud tum-haa-raa naam li-yaa.she named you herself
तुम्हारा. उन्होंने खुद तुम्हारा नाम लिया. और कौन?tum-haa-raa. un-hon-ne khud tum-haa-raa naam li-yaa. aur kaun?Yours. She named you herself. Who else?