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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Pot and a Hundred Lamps

The evening before Diwali when every house buys something new of metal, at Lajpat Nagar market with Mummy ji and Priya: before Diwali, before going home, after buying the lamps, first the pot, I've never seen so many lamps, after tonight you'll see a thousand, after eight the crowd is big.

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THE STORY

Lajpat Nagar market on the evening before Diwali, the utensil shops lit up and the lane full. Mummy ji says the familiar you to Noah and he answers politely; Priya and Noah say the familiar you; the shopkeeper and the family are polite.

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दीवाली से पहले हर घर कुछ नया खरीदता है.di-vaa-lee se pah-le har ghar kuchh na-yaa kha-reed-taa hai.Before Diwali every house buys something new.
घर जाने से पहले सौ दीये भी चाहिए.ghar jaa-ne se pah-le sau dee-ye bhee chaa-hi-e.Before going home we also need a hundred clay lamps.
भैया, सौ दीये दीजिए.bhai-yaa, sau dee-ye dee-ji-e.Brother, a hundred lamps, please.
दीये खरीदने के बाद, मिठाई की दुकान?dee-ye kha-reed-ne ke baad, mi-thaa-ee kee du-kaan?After buying the lamps, the sweet shop?
बर्तन खरीदने के बाद. पहले बर्तन.bar-tan kha-reed-ne ke baad. pah-le bar-tan.After buying the pot. First the pot.
इतने दीये कभी नहीं देखे.it-ne dee-ye ka-bhee na-heen de-khe.I've never seen so many lamps.
आज रात के बाद तुम हज़ार देखोगे.aaj raat ke baad tum ha-zaar de-kho-ge.After tonight you'll see a thousand.
मैडम, आठ बजे के बाद बहुत भीड़ होती है.mai-dam, aath ba-je ke baad ba-hut bheer ho-tee hai.Madam, after eight there's a big crowd.
तो आठ से पहले. वह बड़ा बर्तन दीजिए.to aath se pah-le. vo ba-raa bar-tan dee-ji-e.Then before eight. That big pot, please.