Skip to content
fluentbyear
🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

For Good

The Greater Kailash flat on a Delhi winter evening, the visa's renewal letter on the table again: in spring the visa will have to be extended again, or stop extending and apply for the overseas card, for good, a lifelong visa, the papers it takes, weeks in a queue, and let's decide tonight.

Audio instruction: English

Report a problem with this lesson

This lesson needs a subscription.

The first 2 lessons of each level are free. One subscription unlocks every other lesson, in the app and on the website.

See the plans

Already subscribed? Sign in. Or listen to lesson 1 for free.

THE STORY

The kitchen table of the Greater Kailash flat on a December evening, the visa's renewal letter between the plates. Priya and Noah say the familiar you to each other.

Flashcards

The words and phrases of this lesson, one card each. Best after you’ve listened.

Create your account.

Create a free account and confirm your email to keep the cards you like and the decks you make.

Already have an account? Sign in

Words and phrases

The lesson is for your ears. Open this afterwards, to see what you learned.
बसंत में वीज़ा फिर बढ़वाना पड़ेगा.ba-sant men vee-zaa phir barh-vaa-naa pa-re-gaa.In spring the visa will have to be extended again.
तो मैं फिर बढ़वा लूँगा.to main phir barh-vaa loon-gaa.Then I'll get it extended again.
ओसीआई कार्ड के लिए अप्लाई करो.o-see-aa-ee kaard ke li-e ap-laa-ee ka-ro.apply for the overseas card
या अब और नहीं, और ओसीआई कार्ड के लिए अप्लाई करो.yaa ab aur na-heen, aur o-see-aa-ee kaard ke li-e ap-laa-ee ka-ro.Or no more, and apply for the overseas card.
कार्ड? हमेशा के लिए? पक्का?kaard? ha-me-shaa ke li-e? pak-kaa?The card? For good? For sure?
हमेशा के लिए. आजीवन वीज़ा, न आखिरी तारीख, न दफ़्तर.ha-me-shaa ke li-e. aa-jee-van vee-zaa, na aa-khi-ree taa-reekh, na daf-tar.For good. A lifelong visa, no last date, no office.
ऑनलाइन फ़ॉर्म, शादी का सर्टिफ़िकेट, दोनों पासपोर्ट, दो फ़ोटो.on-laa-in form, shaa-dee kaa sar-ti-fi-ket, do-non paas-port, do fo-to.The online form, the marriage certificate, both passports, two photos.
और हफ़्तों लाइन में, दिल्ली की सर्दी में?aur haf-ton laa-in men, dil-lee kee sar-dee men?And weeks in a queue, in the Delhi winter?
लाइन ही मुश्किल हिस्सा है. आज रात तय कर लेते हैं.laa-in hee mush-kil his-saa hai. aaj raat tay kar le-te hain.The queue is the hard part. Let's decide tonight.