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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Wedding clothes

In the trimmings lane off Chandni Chowk, Neha, Priya, Noah and then Mummy ji choose wedding clothes and tell each other what they would do in the other's place.

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THE STORY

The trimmings lane off Chandni Chowk, a January afternoon, red and pink silks on every counter. Neha, Priya and Noah say the familiar you to each other; Mummy ji says it to the three of them.

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शादी के लिए लाल या गुलाबी?shaa-dee ke li-e laal yaa gu-laa-bee?Red or pink for the wedding?
तुम्हारी जगहtum-haa-ree ja-gahin your place
तुम्हारी जगह मैं लाल लेती.tum-haa-ree ja-gah main laal le-tee.In your place I'd take the red.
तुम्हारी जगह मैं भी लाल लेता.tum-haa-ree ja-gah main bhee laal le-taa.In your place I'd take the red too.
तुम्हारी जगह मैं पूछता कि रोहन क्या पहनेगा.tum-haa-ree ja-gah main poochh-taa ki ro-han kyaa pah-ne-gaa.In your place I'd ask what Rohan is wearing.
उसकी जगह तुम भी मम्मी जी से पूछते.us-kee ja-gah tum bhee mam-mee jee se poochh-te.In his place you'd ask Mummy ji too.
तुम्हारी जगह मैं रंग नहीं, कढ़ाई देखती.tum-haa-ree ja-gah main rang na-heen, ka-rhaa-ee dekh-tee.In your place I'd look at the embroidery, not the colour.
नोआ, तुम्हारी जगह मैं कुर्ता यहीं खरीदती.no-aa, tum-haa-ree ja-gah main kur-taa ya-heen kha-reed-tee.Noah, in your place I'd buy the kurta right here.
कौन-सा रंग चुनतीं?kaun-saa rang chun-teen?which colour would you choose, to a woman
मेरी जगह तुम कौन-सा रंग चुनतीं?me-ree ja-gah tum kaun-saa rang chun-teen?In my place, which colour would you choose?

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