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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Parents Ask

A video call from Portland propped against the sugar bowl at the Lajpat Nagar table, Noah translating both ways: Mom is asking whether we're not coming back, say you come every summer, Dad is asking whether the card has no last date, tell them it's for life and they have a home here too, Mummy ji must come to Portland, afraid of planes and coming anyway, it's a deal, and the food is getting cold.

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THE STORY

The dining table of the Sharmas' house in Lajpat Nagar on a Sunday evening, a laptop propped against the sugar bowl, Noah's parents on the screen. Mummy ji and Papa ji say the familiar you to Noah; he relays in Hindi and speaks of his parents in the respectful plural.

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मॉम पूछ रही हैं कि हम वापस नहीं आएंगे?mom poochh ra-hee hain ki ham vaa-pas na-heen aa-en-ge?Mom is asking whether we're not coming back.
बोलो कि तुम हर गर्मी में आते हो, वे हर सर्दी में.bo-lo ki tum har gar-mee men aa-te ho, ve har sar-dee men.Say that you come every summer, and they every winter.
डैड पूछ रहे हैं, कार्ड की कोई आखिरी तारीख नहीं?daid poochh ra-he hain, kaard kee ko-ee aa-khi-ree taa-reekh na-heen?Dad is asking, does the card have no last date?
कह दो कि कार्ड आजीवन है, और यहाँ उनका भी घर है.kah do ki kaard aa-jee-van hai, aur ya-haan un-kaa bhee ghar hai.Tell them the card is for life, and they have a home here too.
मॉम कह रही हैं कि मम्मी जी को पोर्टलैंड आना होगा.mom kah ra-hee hain ki mam-mee jee ko port-laind aa-naa ho-gaa.Mom says Mummy ji will have to come to Portland.
कह दो कि मुझे हवाई जहाज़ से डर लगता है, फिर भी आऊँगी.kah do ki mu-jhe ha-vaa-ee ja-haaz se dar lag-taa hai, phir bhee aa-oon-gee.Tell her I'm afraid of planes, and I'll come anyway.
मॉम कह रही हैं, पक्का.mom kah ra-hee hain, pak-kaa.Mom says, it's a deal.
अब मैं बता देता हूँ, खाना ठंडा हो रहा है.ab main ba-taa de-taa hoon, khaa-naa than-daa ho ra-haa hai.Now I'll tell them: the food is getting cold.