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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Best Silk in the Lane

A Banarasi silk shop in the weavers' lane, a sari for Mummy ji: the best, the most expensive, the cheapest and the most beautiful, with the one little word that makes every most.

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THE STORY

A silk shop in the weavers' lane of Varanasi, early afternoon, the shopkeeper behind a counter of folded saris. He says the polite you to his customers; Noah and Priya say the polite you back, and the familiar you to Neha.

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गली की सबसे अच्छी बनारसी सिल्क.ga-lee kee sab-se ach-chhee ba-naa-ra-see silk.The best Banarasi silk in the lane.
सबसे अच्छी, या सबसे महँगी?sab-se ach-chhee, yaa sab-se ma-han-gee?The best, or the most expensive?
सबसे सस्ती कौन-सी है?sab-se sas-tee kaun-see hai?Which one is the cheapest?
पूरे बनारस में सबसे सस्ती, मैडम.poo-re ba-naa-ras men sab-se sas-tee, mai-dam.The cheapest in all Varanasi, madam.
सबसे सुंदर साड़ी कौन-सी है?sab-se sun-dar saa-ree kaun-see hai?Which sari is the most beautiful?
यह लाल वाली, आपके लिए सात हज़ार.ye laal vaa-lee, aap-ke li-e saat ha-zaar.This red one, for you seven thousand.
आपसे पहले वाली दुकान ने छह कहा.aap-se pa-hle vaa-lee du-kaan ne chhe ka-haa.The shop before yours said six.
वह सबसे सस्ती है, यह सबसे अच्छी.vo sab-se sas-tee hai, ye sab-se ach-chhee.That one's the cheapest, this one the best.
सबसे अच्छा गिफ़्टsab-se ach-chhaa giftthe best gift
साढ़े छह, मम्मी जी के लिए सबसे अच्छा गिफ़्ट.saa-rhe chhe, mam-mee jee ke li-e sab-se ach-chhaa gift.Six and a half, the best gift for Mummy ji.