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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Booking Window

The booking window at Agra Cantt at nine at night, the express gone: the express left two hours ago, I came two hours ago, is there anything tonight, the night train at ten past eleven, last year I took it, long ago my father went by this one, two tickets, sleeper or air-conditioned, a month ago we slept on a train, it's already forty minutes late.

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THE STORY

The booking window at Agra Cantt station at nine at night, a short queue, the express long gone. The clerk is an official, so Rohan and Noah say the polite you to him; the two friends say the familiar you to each other.

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दो घंटे पहले.do ghan-te pah-le.two hours ago
एक्सप्रेस दो घंटे पहले निकल गई.eks-pres do ghan-te pah-le ni-kal ga-ee.The express left two hours ago.
मैं दो घंटे पहले आया.main do ghan-te pah-le aa-yaa.I came two hours ago.
आज रात कुछ है?aaj raat kuchh hai?Is there anything tonight?
रात वाली ट्रेन, ग्यारह बजकर दस पर.raat vaa-lee tren, gyaa-rah baj-kar das par.The night train, at ten past eleven.
पिछले साल मैंने यह ली.pichh-le saal main-ne ye lee.Last year I took it.
बहुत पहले मेरे पिता इससे जाते थे.ba-hut pah-le me-re pi-taa is-se jaa-te the.Long ago my father went by this one.
ठीक है. दो टिकट दीजिए.theek hai. do ti-kat dee-ji-e.Right. Two tickets, please.
स्लीपर या एसी?slee-par yaa e-see?Sleeper or air-conditioned?
एसी. एक महीने पहले हम ट्रेन में सोए.e-see. ek ma-hee-ne pah-le ham tren men so-e.Air-conditioned. A month ago we slept on a train.

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