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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Board

The shop front at dawn, the sign painter on his ladder repaints the old board: the same old letters, red and gold, sweetness for a hundred years now, the hundredth year, since when, since childhood, since the age of twelve, since the first time, and by evening if the sun stays.

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THE STORY

The shop front in Chandni Chowk at dawn, the old board down on two trestles and the sign painter, fifty-two, on his ladder; he and Noah say the polite you to each other, and he calls Noah sir.

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वही पुराने अक्षर. और नीचे: सौ साल से मिठास.va-hee pu-raa-ne ak-shar. aur nee-che: sau saal se mi-thaas.The same old letters. And underneath: sweetness for a hundred years now.
सौ साल पुरानी दुकान? तो यह सौवाँ साल है.sau saal pu-raa-nee du-kaan? to ye sau-vaan saal hai.A hundred-year-old shop? Then this is the hundredth year.
जी. और आप कब से बोर्ड पेंट कर रहे हैं?jee. aur aap kab se bord pent kar ra-he hain?Yes. And since when have you been painting boards?
बोर्ड पर साल मत लिखिए.bord par saal mat li-khi-ye.Don't write the year on the board.
बारह साल की उम्र से.baa-rah saal kee umr se.since the age of twelve
बचपन से, बारह साल की उम्र से. यह बोर्ड दो बार पेंट किया.bach-pan se, baa-rah saal kee umr se. ye bord do baar pent ki-yaa.Since childhood, since the age of twelve. I've painted this board twice.
जब से आपने पहली बार किया,jab se aap-ne peh-lee baar ki-yaa,since you first did it
और जब से आपने पहली बार किया, तब से रंग वही?aur jab se aap-ne peh-lee baar ki-yaa, tab se rang va-hee?And since you first did it, the colour has been the same?
वही. धूप रही तो, शाम तक हो जाएगा.va-hee. dhoop ra-hee to, shaam tak ho jaa-e-gaa.The same. If the sun stays, it'll be done by evening.