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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two Years in Delhi

New Delhi station at five in the morning, fog on the platform, Raju bhaiya at the exit, then breakfast at the family table: welcome back and how was Agra, beautiful and fifty kilos of petha, sit and tell us everything, Dadi ji's milk sweets from Mathura, what did you learn in two years, I've learned to speak Hindi, in two years I learned to speak, to argue and to make up, did you learn to come on time, the train came at five and I woke at four, from Monday Noah writes the menu.

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New Delhi station at five in the morning in the fog, Raju bhaiya's auto at the exit, then the Sharmas' breakfast table in Lajpat Nagar. Raju bhaiya and Noah say the polite you to each other; Mummy ji says the familiar you to Noah and he says the polite you to her and to Dadi ji; Priya, Rohan and Noah say the familiar you to each other.

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आ गए! आगरा कैसा था?aa ga-e! aag-raa kai-saa thaa?Welcome back! How was Agra?
बहुत सुंदर, राजू भैया. पचास किलो पेठा!ba-hut sun-dar, raa-joo bhai-yaa. pa-chaas ki-lo pe-thaa!Beautiful, Raju bhaiya. Fifty kilos of petha!
नोआ, बैठो और सब बताओ.no-aa, bai-tho aur sab ba-taa-o.Noah, sit and tell us everything.
दादी जी, आपके पेड़े, मथुरा से.daa-dee jee, aap-ke pe-re, ma-thu-raa se.Dadi ji, your milk sweets, from Mathura.
मैंने हिंदी बोलना सीख लिया.main-ne hin-dee bol-naa seekh li-yaa.I've learned to speak Hindi.
दो साल में तुमने क्या सीखा?do saal men tum-ne kyaa see-khaa?In two years, what did you learn?
मैंने बोलना सीखा.main-ne bol-naa see-khaa.I learned to speak
दो साल में मैंने बोलना सीखा, लड़ना और मनाना.do saal men main-ne bol-naa see-khaa, lar-naa aur ma-naa-naa.In two years I learned to speak, to argue and to make up.
और वक्त पर आना सीखा?aur vakt par aa-naa see-khaa?And did you learn to come on time?
ट्रेन पाँच बजे आई. मैं चार बजे जागा.tren paanch ba-je aa-ee. main chaar ba-je jaa-gaa.The train came at five. I woke at four.

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