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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Parents Arrive

The Lajpat Nagar house, Noah's parents in from Portland for the hundredth and Dadi ji back from the village, Noah translating between his mother and his grandmother-in-law: tell your mother she's got thin, I'll just say you look well, say it as it is, Dad asks what's in the steel box, pickle from the village, not on an empty stomach, that's hard to translate, I'll just say a gift.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' house in Lajpat Nagar on a March afternoon, Noah's parents just in from Portland; Dadi ji says the intimate you to Noah, Mummy ji the familiar you and his name, and Noah the polite you to both.

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अपनी माँ से कह, वो दुबली हो गई है. अच्छा नहीं.ap-nee maan se kah, vo dub-lee ho ga-ee hai. ach-chhaa na-heen.Tell your mother she's got thin. That's not good.
मैं बस कह दूँगा, आप अच्छी लग रही हैं.main bas kah doon-gaa, aap ach-chhee lag ra-hee hain.I'll just say: you look well.
वो वैसे भी समझ जाएंगी.vo vai-se bhee sa-majh jaa-en-gee.she'll understand anyway
जैसा है वैसा बताओ, नोआ. वो वैसे भी समझ जाएंगी.jai-saa hai vai-saa ba-taa-o, no-aa. vo vai-se bhee sa-majh jaa-en-gee.Say it as it is, Noah. She'll understand anyway.
इसका मतलब है कि पहले रोटी, फिर अचार.is-kaa mat-lab hai ki peh-le ro-tee, phir a-chaar.It means: first roti, then pickle.
डैड पूछ रहे हैं किdaid poochh ra-he hain kiDad asks whether
डैड पूछ रहे हैं कि स्टील के डिब्बे में क्या है.daid poochh ra-he hain ki steel ke dib-be men kyaa hai.Dad asks what's in the steel box.
गाँव का अचार. खाली पेट नहीं.gaanv kaa a-chaar. khaa-lee pet na-heen.Pickle from the village. Not on an empty stomach.
इसका अनुवाद मुश्किल है. मैं बस तोहफ़ा कह दूँगा.is-kaa a-nu-vaad mush-kil hai. main bas toh-faa kah doon-gaa.That's hard to translate. I'll just say a gift.