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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Meera's First Blessing

The Lajpat Nagar house: Mummy ji teaches Meera to say happy birthday and touch her great-grandmother's feet, Priya corrects Noah's wish from the familiar you to the polite, and the long blessing everyone says.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' sitting room in Lajpat Nagar, a Sunday afternoon in October, Meera on the carpet. Noah says the polite you to Mummy ji and the familiar you to Priya; Mummy ji says the familiar you to Noah.

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मीरा, बोलो: दादी जी, जन्मदिन मुबारक हो.mee-raa, bo-lo: daa-dee jee, jan-ma-din mu-baa-rak ho.Meera, say: Dadi ji, happy birthday.
वो दादी और खीर कहती है. यही उसका भाषण है.vo daa-dee aur kheer keh-tee hai. ya-hee us-kaa bhaa-shan hai.She says Dadi and kheer. That's her speech.
तीन साल में बुरा नहीं. अब तुम.teen saal men bu-raa na-heen. ab tum.Not bad for three. Now you.
तुम सौ साल जियो.tum sau saal ji-yo.May you live a hundred years.
जीते रहो, खुश रहो.jee-te ra-ho, khush ra-ho.Live long, be happy.
आप सौ साल जिएँ.aap sau saal ji-en.may you live a hundred years, politely
तुम नहीं, आप: आप सौ साल जिएँ.tum na-heen, aap: aap sau saal ji-en.Not that you, the polite one: may you live a hundred years.
आपका आशीर्वाद बना रहे.aap-kaa aa-sheer-vaad ba-naa ra-he.may your blessing stay with us
और लंबी वाली: आपका आशीर्वाद बना रहे. झुककर कहना.aur lam-bee vaa-lee: aap-kaa aa-sheer-vaad ba-naa ra-he. jhuk-kar keh-naa.And the long one: may your blessing stay with us. Say it bending.
और पैर: झुको, छुओ, और उछलकर मत उठो.aur pair: jhu-ko, chhu-o, aur u-chhal-kar mat u-tho.And the feet: bend, touch, and don't jump up.

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