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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Have You Ever?

Breakfast at a stall in a lane of Varanasi with Arjun, kachori with jalebi and a first sweet paan: have you ever eaten, never in my life, not once, a hundred times, the first time.

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THE STORY

A breakfast stall in a lane of Varanasi, eight in the morning, hot kachoris and jalebis in a pan. Noah and Arjun are the same age and say the familiar you to each other; the man at the stall is called brother and served with the polite you.

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नाश्ते में कचौड़ी-जलेबी खाई हैnaash-te men ka-chau-ree-ja-le-bee khaa-ee haieaten kachori with jalebi for breakfast
तुमने कभी नाश्ते में कचौड़ी-जलेबी खाई है?tum-ne ka-bhee naash-te men ka-chau-ree-ja-le-bee khaa-ee hai?Have you ever eaten kachori with jalebi for breakfast?
ज़िंदगी में कभी नहीं.zin-da-gee men ka-bhee na-heen.Never in my life.
मैंने पाँच साल हर सुबह खाई.main-ne paanch saal har su-bah khaa-ee.I ate it every morning for five years.
और तुम्हें कभी कुछ नहीं हुआ?aur tum-hen ka-bhee kuchh na-heen hu-aa?And nothing ever happened to you?
एक बार भी नहीं.ek baar bhee na-heen.Not once.
मैंने सौ बार देखा है.main-ne sau baar de-khaa hai.I've seen it a hundred times.
भैया, दो प्लेट, और दो मीठे पान.bhai-yaa, do plet, aur do mee-the paan.Brother, two plates, and two sweet paans.
दो प्लेट. पान बाद में, साहब.do plet. paan baad men, saa-hab.Two plates. The paan after, sir.
तुमने कभी पान खाया है?tum-ne ka-bhee paan khaa-yaa hai?Have you ever eaten paan?

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