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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Old Customer

The shop in the morning: Verma ji, eighty-six, buys the same besan laddoo he has bought since he was six, holding his father's finger: the usual, since when, your father used to give one free, the same as it was, the ghee is the same and the hand is different, even today, like before, as always.

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THE STORY

The shop in Chandni Chowk on a weekday morning, the counter and the first customer; Verma ji, eighty-six, says the familiar you to Papa ji and to Noah and calls Noah son, Papa ji and Noah say the polite you to him.

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हमेशा वाला: पाव भर बेसन के लड्डू, और एक यहीं खाने के लिए.ha-me-shaa vaa-laa: paav bhar be-san ke lad-doo, aur ek ya-heen khaa-ne ke li-ye.The usual: a quarter of besan laddoo, and one to eat right here.
वर्मा जी, आप कब से आ रहे हैं?var-maa jee, aap kab se aa ra-he hain?Verma ji, since when have you been coming?
छह साल की उम्र से. तुम्हारे पिता जी एक मुफ़्त देते थे.chhe saal kee umr se. tum-haa-re pi-taa jee ek muft de-te the.Since the age of six. Your father used to give one free.
और स्वाद, वर्मा जी? वैसा ही है, जैसा था?aur svaad, var-maa jee? vai-saa hee hai, jai-saa thaa?And the taste, Verma ji? The same as it was?
अब हाथ रोहन का है, और इसका.ab haath ro-han kaa hai, aur is-kaa.Now the hand is Rohan's, and this one's.
पर स्वाद आज भी वही.par svaad aaj bhee va-hee.but even today the same taste
वैसा ही. घी वही, हाथ दूसरा. पर स्वाद आज भी वही.vai-saa hee. ghee va-hee, haath doos-raa. par svaad aaj bhee va-hee.Just the same. The ghee is the same, the hand is different. But even today the same taste.
तो यह एक मुफ़्त, पहले जैसा.to ye ek muft, peh-le jai-saa.Then this one is free, like before.
हमेशा की तरह, बेटा.ha-me-shaa kee ta-rah, be-taa.As always, son.