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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Writing the Speech

The Greater Kailash flat at night: Priya cuts Noah's three pages to one story, his first Sunday lunch at Dadi ji's table, when he used to say thank you six times and she used to put one more roti on his plate.

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THE STORY

The kitchen table of the Greater Kailash flat, late on a weeknight in September, three pages between them. Noah and Priya, husband and wife, say the familiar you to each other.

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तीन पन्ने? दादी जी के लिए भाषण एक कहानी है.teen pan-ne? daa-dee jee ke li-ye bhaa-shan ek ka-haa-nee hai.Three pages? A speech for Dadi ji is one story.
कौन सी कहानी?kaun see ka-haa-nee?Which story?
तुम कुछ नहीं बोल पाते थे.tum kuchh na-heen bol paa-te the.you couldn't say anything
पहला रविवार, उनकी मेज़ पर. तुम कुछ नहीं बोल पाते थे.peh-laa ra-vi-vaar, un-kee mez par. tum kuchh na-heen bol paa-te the.The first Sunday at her table. You couldn't say anything.
मैं छह बार शुक्रिया कहता था.main chhah baar shuk-ri-yaa keh-taa thaa.I used to say thank you six times.
मैं हर बार शुक्रिया कहती थी.main har baar shuk-ri-yaa keh-tee thee.I used to say thank you every time.
यही कहानी है: तुम क्या करते थे, और अब क्या करते हो.ya-hee ka-haa-nee hai: tum kyaa kar-te the, aur ab kyaa kar-te ho.That's the story: what you used to do, and what you do now.
हर बार वे एक रोटी और रख देती थीं.har baar ve ek ro-tee aur rakh de-tee theen.Every time she used to put one more roti.
और तुम शर्म से खा लेते थे. यह बोलो, सब हँसेंगे.aur tum sharm se khaa le-te the. ye bo-lo, sab han-sen-ge.And you used to eat it, shyly. Say that, they'll laugh.
अंत छोटा रखो. रोने से पहले बैठ जाना.ant chho-taa ra-kho. ro-ne se peh-le baith jaa-naa.Keep the end short. Sit down before you cry.