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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

How Papa ji Met Mummy ji

The day after Diwali at the family table, Papa ji tells how he met Mummy ji at the shop's counter forty years ago: I was working at the counter, it was hot, a teacher came in and asked for a kilo of jalebi, he weighed everything except the jalebi, the next day she came again, on the third day I asked her name, and my mother said marry her.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' table in Lajpat Nagar on the day after Diwali, the sweets still on the table. Noah says the polite you to Papa ji, Mummy ji and Dadi ji; Papa ji says the familiar you to Noah; Dadi ji speaks of her son as a mother does.

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पापा जी, आप मम्मी जी से कैसे मिले?paa-paa jee, aap mam-mee jee se kai-se mi-le?Papa ji, how did you meet Mummy ji?
काम कर रहा थाkaam kar ra-haa thaaI was working, said by a man
मैं काउंटर पर काम कर रहा था, गर्मी थी.main kaa-un-tar par kaam kar ra-haa thaa, gar-mee thee.I was working at the counter, it was hot.
मैं स्कूल में काम कर रही थी.main skool men kaam kar ra-hee thee.I was working at the school.
और फिर क्या हुआ?aur phir kyaa hu-aa?And then what happened?
एक टीचर आई और एक किलो जलेबी माँगी.ek tee-char aa-ee aur ek ki-lo ja-le-bee maan-gee.A teacher came in and asked for a kilo of jalebi.
इन्होंने सब कुछ तोला, जलेबी नहीं.in-hon-ne sab kuchh to-laa, ja-le-bee na-heen.He weighed everything except the jalebi.
अगले दिन वह फिर आई. तीसरे दिन मैंने नाम पूछा.ag-le din vo phir aa-ee. tees-re din main-ne naam poo-chhaa.The next day she came again. On the third day I asked her name.
और मैंने कहा, इससे शादी करो.aur main-ne ka-haa, is-se shaa-dee ka-ro.And I said, marry her.
मैंने शादी कर ली, और मैं सही था.main-ne shaa-dee kar lee, aur main sa-hee thaa.I married her, and I was right.