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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Don't Smile

A photo studio in Lajpat Nagar market, two passport photographs on a white background: passport size, for which form, sit straight, look here, don't smile, not even a little, glasses off, chin up, just like that, don't move, done, six copies in ten minutes and a soft copy on the phone, six serious faces for the office.

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THE STORY

A one-room photo studio in Lajpat Nagar market, a white sheet on the wall and a stool. The photographer, a young woman, says the polite you and sir to Noah, and he says the polite you to her.

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पासपोर्ट साइज़, सर? किस फ़ॉर्म के लिए?paas-port saa-iz, sar? kis form ke li-e?Passport size, sir? For which form?
ओसीआई कार्ड के लिए. सफ़ेद बैकग्राउंड, उन्होंने कहा.o-see-aa-ee kaard ke li-e. sa-fed baik-graa-und, un-hon-ne ka-haa.For the overseas card. White background, they said.
मुस्कुराइए मत.mus-ku-raa-i-e mat.don't smile, politely
सीधे बैठिए, यहाँ देखिए. मुस्कुराइए मत.see-dhe bai-thi-e, ya-haan de-khi-e. mus-ku-raa-i-e mat.Sit straight, look here. Don't smile.
थोड़ा सा भी नहीं?tho-raa saa bhee na-heen?Not even a little?
ऐसे ही, हिलिए मत.ai-se hee, hi-li-e mat.just like that, don't move
थोड़ा सा भी नहीं. चश्मा उतारिए, ठुड्डी ऊपर. ऐसे ही, हिलिए मत.tho-raa saa bhee na-heen. chash-maa u-taa-ri-e, thud-dee oo-par. ai-se hee, hi-li-e mat.Not even a little. Glasses off, chin up. Just like that, don't move.
हो गया? कितनी कॉपी?ho ga-yaa? kit-nee ko-pee?Done? How many copies?
हो गया. छह, दस मिनट में, सॉफ़्ट कॉपी फ़ोन पर.ho ga-yaa. chhah, das mi-nat men, soft ko-pee fon par.Done. Six, in ten minutes, a soft copy on the phone.
छह गंभीर चेहरे, दफ़्तर के लिए.chhah gam-bheer cheh-re, daf-tar ke li-e.Six serious faces, for the office.