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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Same as Dadi ji's

Evening on the roof of Neha's grandmother, chai with more ginger: as warm as Delhi, like a garden, the same as Dadi ji's chai, different from hers, much more colourful than ours.

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THE STORY

The roof of an old house near Assi Ghat, a warm October evening, the river below. Neha's grandmother says the familiar you and calls Noah child; Noah and Priya answer her with the polite you.

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बैठो, बच्चों. चाय तैयार है.bai-tho, bach-chon. chaay tai-yaar hai.Sit, children. The chai is ready.
दिल्ली जैसा गरमdil-lee jai-saa ga-ramas warm as Delhi
अक्टूबर में बनारस दिल्ली जैसा गरम है.ak-too-bar men ba-naa-ras dil-lee jai-saa ga-ram hai.In October Varanasi is as warm as Delhi.
यहाँ शाम बाग की तरह है.ya-haan shaam baag kee ta-rah hai.Here the evening is like a garden.
यह चाय दादी जी की चाय जैसी है.ye chaay daa-dee jee kee chaay jai-see hai.This chai is the same as Dadi ji's chai.
उनकी चाय से अलग, बेटा.un-kee chaay se a-lag, be-taa.Different from her chai, child.
कहीं ज़्यादा रंगीनka-heen zyaa-daa ran-geenmuch more colourful
आपका घर हमसे कहीं ज़्यादा रंगीन है.aap-kaa ghar ham-se ka-heen zyaa-daa ran-geen hai.Your house is much more colourful than ours.
वही रंग, नदी और आसमान के.va-hee rang, na-dee aur aas-maan ke.The same colours, the river's and the sky's.
बनारस की हिंदी दिल्ली जैसी है?ba-naa-ras kee hin-dee dil-lee jai-see hai?Is the Hindi of Varanasi the same as Delhi's?

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