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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Night Train

Platform one at Agra Cantt at eleven at night and coach B two: the train to New Delhi is arriving, ticket please, we've just got on, the train has just started, which are our berths, the upper ones and lights off at twelve, what time do we arrive, at five and by then you'll be asleep, I'm wide awake, the man below is asleep.

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THE STORY

Platform one of Agra Cantt at eleven at night, then the air-conditioned coach B two of the night train to Delhi. The ticket checker is an official, so Noah and Rohan say the polite you to him; the two friends say the familiar you to each other.

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नई दिल्ली जाने वाली गाड़ी आ रही है.na-ee dil-lee jaa-ne vaa-lee gaa-ree aa ra-hee hai.The train to New Delhi is arriving.
टिकट दिखाइए. कोच बी टू?ti-kat di-khaa-i-e. koch bee too?Ticket, please. Coach B two?
हम अभी-अभी चढ़े.ham a-bhee-a-bhee cha-rhe.we've just got on
हम अभी-अभी चढ़े. यह बी टू है?ham a-bhee-a-bhee cha-rhe. ye bee too hai?We've just got on. Is this B two?
हाँ. और गाड़ी अभी-अभी चली.haan. aur gaa-ree a-bhee-a-bhee cha-lee.Yes. And the train has just started.
मैं जागा हुआ हूँ.main jaa-gaa hu-aa hoon.I'm wide awake.
हमारी बर्थ कौन-सी हैं?ha-maa-ree barth kaun-see hain?Which are our berths?
ऊपर वाली. बारह बजे बत्ती बंद.oo-par vaa-lee. baa-rah ba-je bat-tee band.The upper ones. Lights off at twelve.
हम कितने बजे पहुँचेंगे?ham kit-ne ba-je pa-hun-chen-ge?What time do we arrive?
पाँच बजे. तब तक आप सोए हुए होंगे.paanch ba-je. tab tak aap so-e hu-e hon-ge.At five. By then you'll be asleep.

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