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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Diwali Rush

The shop in Chandni Chowk in the busiest week of the year, Papa ji counting up the day: did you manage to finish the cashew sweets, four hundred boxes I managed, could you lift the big pan, with Raju bhaiya I managed, alone I couldn't, today we sold more than last month, I couldn't sit down for even a minute, me neither forty years ago, tomorrow we'll make the fifth hundred together.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' sweet shop in Chandni Chowk at closing time in the week before Diwali, boxes everywhere. Papa ji says the familiar you to Rohan and Noah; Noah answers him politely; Rohan and Noah say the familiar you.

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पूरी कर सके?poo-ree kar sa-ke?managed to finish, to a man
रोहन, काजू कतली पूरी कर सके?ro-han, kaa-joo kat-lee poo-ree kar sa-ke?Rohan, did you manage to finish the cashew sweets?
चार सौ डिब्बे बना सका, पाँचवाँ सौ नहीं.chaar sau dib-be ba-naa sa-kaa, paanch-vaan sau na-heen.I managed four hundred boxes, the fifth hundred no.
मैं अकेले नहीं कर पाया.main a-ke-le na-heen kar paa-yaa.I couldn't manage alone.
नोआ, बड़ी कड़ाही उठा सके?no-aa, ba-ree ka-raa-hee u-thaa sa-ke?Noah, could you lift the big pan?
राजू भैया के साथ उठा सका, अकेले नहीं.raa-joo bhai-yaa ke saath u-thaa sa-kaa, a-ke-le na-heen.With Raju bhaiya I managed, alone I couldn't.
आज हमने पिछले महीने से ज़्यादा बेचा.aaj ham-ne pichh-le ma-hee-ne se zyaa-daa be-chaa.Today we sold more than last month.
मैं एक मिनट भी नहीं बैठ सका.main ek mi-nat bhee na-heen baith sa-kaa.I couldn't sit down for even a minute.
मैं भी नहीं, चालीस साल पहले.main bhee na-heen, chaa-lees saal pah-le.Me neither, forty years ago.
कल पाँचवाँ सौ हम साथ बना लेंगे.kal paanch-vaan sau ham saath ba-naa len-ge.Tomorrow we'll make the fifth hundred together.