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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Life in Eight Lines

The compartment of the night train, a fellow passenger of sixty-five from Agra: where are you from son, from Portland in America, born there, I was born there and grew up there, what did you study, I learned cooking and became a cook, and I was born in Delhi, married, not yet Aunty ji, why did you come to India, a friend, a grandmother's recipes and jalebi.

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The air-conditioned coach of the night train from Agra to Delhi, half past eleven, a fellow passenger of sixty-five in the lower berth going to her son's. She says the familiar you and calls Noah son, as old women do; Noah says the polite you and calls her Aunty ji.

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बेटा, तुम कहाँ से हो?be-taa, tum ka-haan se ho?Where are you from, son?
पोर्टलैंड से, अमेरिका से, आंटी जी.port-laind se, a-me-ri-kaa se, aan-tee jee.From Portland, in America, Aunty ji.
और वहीं पैदा हुए?aur va-heen pai-daa hu-e?And born there?
पैदा हुआ.pai-daa hu-aa.I was born, said by a man
हाँ, वहाँ पैदा हुआ और बड़ा हुआ.haan, va-haan pai-daa hu-aa aur ba-raa hu-aa.Yes, I was born there and grew up there.
और मैं दिल्ली में पैदा हुआ.aur main dil-lee men pai-daa hu-aa.And I was born in Delhi.
और तुमने क्या पढ़ाई की?aur tum-ne kyaa pa-rhaa-ee kee?And what did you study?
कुक बन गया.kuk ban ga-yaa.became a cook
खाना बनाना सीखा, और कुक बन गया.khaa-naa ba-naa-naa see-khaa, aur kuk ban ga-yaa.I learned cooking, and became a cook.
शादी हो गई, बेटा?shaa-dee ho ga-ee, be-taa?Married, son?

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