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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

We Came by Train

The lanes of Varanasi on the way to the university where Arjun studied, a passer-by giving the way: we came, they went, two stayed, and how long it took, with the plural of the past.

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THE STORY

The lanes of Varanasi on a warm morning, on the way to the university where Arjun lived five years. Noah and Arjun say the familiar you to each other; the passer-by is called brother and spoken to with the polite you.

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भैया, यूनिवर्सिटी तक कितना समय लगता है?bhai-yaa, yoo-ni-var-si-tee tak kit-naa sa-may lag-taa hai?Brother, how long does it take to the university?
आप दिल्ली से आए?aap dil-lee se aa-e?did you come from Delhi, politely
पैदल बीस मिनट. आप दिल्ली से आए?pai-dal bees mi-nat. aap dil-lee se aa-e?Twenty minutes on foot. Did you come from Delhi?
हाँ, कल रात, ट्रेन से आए.haan, kal raat, tren se aa-e.Yes, last night, by train.
पूरे चौदह घंटे लगे.poo-re chau-dah ghan-te la-ge.It took a full fourteen hours.
लड़कियाँ घाट गईं, हम इधर आए.lar-ki-yaan ghaat ga-een, ham i-dhar aa-e.The girls went to the ghats, we came this way.
हमने सब कुछ देखा.ham-ne sab kuchh de-khaa.We saw everything.
तुम्हारे दोस्त बनारस में रहे?tum-haa-re dost ba-naa-ras men ra-he?Did your friends stay in Varanasi?
वे मुंबई गए, दो यहाँ रहे.ve mum-ba-ee ga-e, do ya-haan ra-he.They went to Mumbai; two stayed here.
हम कितनी देर चले? बीस मिनट!ham kit-nee der cha-le? bees mi-nat!How long did we walk? Twenty minutes!