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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Older Than Delhi

A boat on the river at dawn with a boatman who has rowed forty years: Varanasi against Delhi and Rishikesh, with the little word from that compares, older than, wider than, calmer than, less than an hour.

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THE STORY

A rowing boat off the ghats of Varanasi at sunrise, with a boatman in his sixties who has rowed forty years. He calls Noah sir and says the polite you; Noah says the polite you back, and the familiar you to Arjun.

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बैठिए, साहब. डरिए मत.bai-thi-e, saa-hab. da-ri-e mat.Sit, sir. Don't be afraid.
यह शहर दिल्ली से पुराना है?ye sha-har dil-lee se pu-raa-naa hai?Is this city older than Delhi?
रोहन मुझसे बड़ा है.ro-han mujh-se ba-raa hai.Rohan is older than me.
दिल्ली से बहुत पुराना, साहब.dil-lee se ba-hut pu-raa-naa, saa-hab.Much older than Delhi, sir.
यहाँ नदी ऋषिकेश से चौड़ी है.ya-haan na-dee ri-shi-kesh se chau-ree hai.Here the river is wider than at Rishikesh.
और मानसून से शांत, साहब.aur maan-soon se shaant, saa-hab.And calmer than in the monsoon, sir.
अगस्त में पानी उन सीढ़ियों तक आया.a-gast men paa-nee un see-rhi-yon tak aa-yaa.In August the water came up to those steps.
एक चक्कर में कितना समय लगता है?ek chak-kar men kit-naa sa-may lag-taa hai?How long does the round take?
एक घंटे से कम, साहब.ek ghan-te se kam, saa-hab.Less than an hour, sir.
मुझे हर घाट देखना हैmu-jhe har ghaat dekh-naa haiI want to see every ghat

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