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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Night

The first night of Noah's menu at the hotel restaurant's kitchen door: perhaps table four will ask for the recipe, maybe for more sugar, it may be that they say nothing, perhaps they'll laugh, the dumplings may run out, and table four says exactly like my grandmother's.

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THE STORY

The kitchen door of the hotel restaurant in Connaught Place, eight in the evening on the first night of service; Chef Khanna says the familiar you to Noah, and Noah and the Waiter say the polite you to him and to each other.

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टेबल चार पर कद्दू गया. शायद रेसिपी पूछें.te-bal chaar par kad-doo ga-yaa. shaa-yad re-si-pee poo-chhen.The pumpkin has gone to table four. Perhaps they'll ask for the recipe.
शायद वे और चीनी माँगें.shaa-yad ve aur chee-nee maan-gen.Maybe they'll ask for more sugar.
हो सकता है कि वे कुछ न कहें.ho sak-taa hai ki ve kuchh na ka-hen.It may be that they say nothing.
शायद हाँ, शायद नहीं.shaa-yad haan, shaa-yad na-heen.Perhaps yes, perhaps no.
टेबल नौ पूछता है, मछली दिल्ली की?te-bal nau poochh-taa hai, machh-lee dil-lee kee?Table nine asks: the fish, from Delhi?
कहिए, पोर्टलैंड की मछली, मथुरा के मसाले.ka-hi-e, port-laind kee machh-lee, ma-thu-raa ke ma-saa-le.Say: a Portland fish, Mathura spices.
शायद वे हँसें. हँसने दो.shaa-yad ve han-sen. hans-ne do.Maybe they'll laugh. Let them.
हो सकता है कि भल्ले खत्म हो जाएँ.ho sak-taa hai ki bhal-le khatm ho jaa-en.It may be that the dumplings run out.
टेबल चार कहता है, बिल्कुल मेरी दादी जैसा.te-bal chaar keh-taa hai, bil-kul me-ree daa-dee jai-saa.Table four says: exactly like my grandmother's.