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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dadi ji's advice

On the roof in Lajpat Nagar, a week before the wedding, Dadi ji tells the groom and his friend what to do, and what happens otherwise: eat before the procession, learn the dance, listen to your wife.

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THE STORY

The roof of the Sharmas' house in Lajpat Nagar, a February afternoon, the wedding a week away. Dadi ji speaks to her grandson and to Noah with the gentle commands of a grandmother; Rohan and Noah answer her politely.

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नहीं तो दूल्हा घोड़े से गिरेगाna-heen to dool-haa gho-re se gi-re-gaaor else the groom will fall off the horse
कुछ खा लेना, नहीं तो दूल्हा घोड़े से गिरेगा.kuchh khaa le-naa, na-heen to dool-haa gho-re se gi-re-gaa.Eat something, or else the groom will fall off the horse.
नहीं तो देर हो जाएगी.na-heen to der ho jaa-e-gee.Otherwise it'll get late.
दादी जी, घोड़े से कोई नहीं गिरता.daa-dee jee, gho-re se ko-ee na-heen gir-taa.Dadi ji, nobody falls off the horse.
नोआ, डांस ठीक से सीखना, नहीं तो गली हँसेगी.no-aa, daans theek se seekh-naa, na-heen to ga-lee han-se-gee.Noah, learn the dance properly, otherwise the lane will laugh.
सीख रहा हूँ, वरना मैं रसोई में रहूँगा.seekh ra-haa hoon, var-naa main ra-so-ee men ra-hoon-gaa.I'm learning, or else I'll stay in the kitchen.
बीवी की बात सुननाbee-vee kee baat sun-naalisten to your wife
रोहन, बीवी की बात सुनना, वरना शांति नहीं रहेगी.ro-han, bee-vee kee baat sun-naa, var-naa shaan-ti na-heen ra-he-gee.Rohan, listen to your wife, or else there'll be no peace.
और अगर वह मेरी बात नहीं सुनती?aur a-gar vo me-ree baat na-heen sun-tee?And if she doesn't listen to me?
वरना मेरे पास आ जानाvar-naa me-re paas aa jaa-naaor else come to me

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