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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Taj at Sunrise

The Taj Mahal at sunrise with a guide: the one who had this built was an emperor, who had this built, the people who worked here, twenty thousand workers who came from everywhere, the stone that shines white came from Makrana, I want the photo that everyone takes, from the bench that's in front, the river that's behind, the same river that's in Delhi.

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THE STORY

The gardens of the Taj Mahal at sunrise, the Thursday after Diwali, the marble turning from grey to white. The guide is older and serves them, so Noah and Rohan say the polite you to him; Rohan and Noah say the familiar you to each other.

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जिसने यह बनवाया.jis-ne ye ban-vaa-yaa.the one who had this built
जिसने यह बनवाया, वह बादशाह था.jis-ne ye ban-vaa-yaa, vo baad-shaah thaa.The one who had this built was an emperor.
यह किसने बनवाया?ye kis-ne ban-vaa-yaa?Who had this built?
और जो लोग यहाँ काम करते थे?aur jo log ya-haan kaam kar-te the?And the people who worked here?
बीस हज़ार मज़दूर, जो हर जगह से आए.bees ha-zaar maz-door, jo har ja-gah se aa-e.Twenty thousand workers, who came from everywhere.
और जो पत्थर सफ़ेद चमकता है?aur jo pat-thar sa-fed cha-mak-taa hai?And the stone that shines white?
वह मकराना से आया, राजस्थान से.vo mak-raa-naa se aa-yaa, raa-jas-thaan se.That came from Makrana, from Rajasthan.
जो सब लेते हैं.jo sab le-te hain.that everyone takes
मुझे वह फ़ोटो चाहिए जो सब लेते हैं.mu-jhe vo fo-to chaa-hi-e jo sab le-te hain.I want the photo that everyone takes.
जो बेंच सामने है, वहाँ से.jo bench saam-ne hai, va-haan se.From the bench that's in front.

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