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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Last Run-Through

The flat the night before the hundredth, Priya times the speech and Rohan listens with his camera off: three minutes forty is too long, don't explain the recipe, just say it, talk the way you talk in the kitchen, three names then a pause, and the end, a hundred years ago a man opened a shop, today his grandson's friend says thank you in his language, after that say nothing, that's enough.

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THE STORY

The Greater Kailash flat the night before the shop's hundredth, Priya with a stopwatch and Rohan on the sofa with his camera off; the three say the familiar you to each other.

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तीन मिनट चालीस, बहुत लंबा. रेसिपी समझाओ मत, बस बोलो.teen mi-nat chaa-lees, ba-hut lam-baa. re-si-pee sam-jhaa-o mat, bas bo-lo.Three minutes forty, too long. Don't explain the recipe, just say it.
फिर से, शुरू से.phir se, shu-roo se.Again, from the start.
वैसे बोलो, जैसे किचन में बोलते हो.vai-se bo-lo, jai-se ki-chan men bol-te ho.Talk the way you talk in the kitchen.
दादी जी, पापा जी और रोहन: तीन नाम, फिर एक पॉज़.daa-dee jee, paa-paa jee aur ro-han: teen naam, phir ek pawz.Dadi ji, Papa ji and Rohan: three names, then a pause.
बेहतर. और आखिर में?beh-tar. aur aa-khir men?Better. And the end?
आज उसके पोते का दोस्त उसकी भाषा में शुक्रिया कहता है.aaj us-ke po-te kaa dost us-kee bhaa-shaa men shuk-ri-yaa keh-taa hai.today his grandson's friend says thank you in his language
सौ साल पहले एक आदमी ने दुकान खोली. आज उसके पोते का दोस्त उसकी भाषा में शुक्रिया कहता है.sau saal peh-le ek aad-mee ne du-kaan kho-lee. aaj us-ke po-te kaa dost us-kee bhaa-shaa men shuk-ri-yaa keh-taa hai.A hundred years ago a man opened a shop. Today his grandson's friend says thank you in his language.
और उसके बाद कुछ मत कहना. बस, इतना ही.aur us-ke baad kuchh mat keh-naa. bas, it-naa hee.And after that say nothing. That's enough.