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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Rent

Over chai in the landlady's sitting room, Rohan and Neha talk the rent down to twenty-six: why not twenty-five, why don't we paint the bedroom ourselves, why don't you sign today, and come with sweets.

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THE STORY

The landlady's ground-floor sitting room in Kalkaji, chai on the table: Rohan, Neha, the landlady and the property dealer with his papers; everyone says the polite you, and the couple call her Aunty ji.

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पच्चीस क्यों नहीं?pach-chees kyon na-heen?why not twenty-five?
आंटी जी, पच्चीस क्यों नहीं? हम सालों रहेंगे.aan-tee jee, pach-chees kyon na-heen? ham saa-lon ra-hen-ge.Aunty ji, why not twenty-five? We'll stay for years.
चाय लीजिए, बेटा.chaay lee-ji-e, be-taa.Have some chai, my child.
क्यों न कहें?kyon na ka-hen?why don't we say?
छब्बीस क्यों न कहें? हम दोनों खुश.chhab-bees kyon na ka-hen? ham do-non khush.Why don't we say twenty-six? We're both happy.
क्यों न हम कमरा खुद रंग करें?kyon na ham kam-raa khud rang ka-ren?Why don't we paint the room ourselves?
क्यों नहीं! रंग मेरा, मेहनत आपकी.kyon na-heen! rang me-raa, meh-nat aap-kee.Why not! The paint is mine, the labour is yours.
सर, आज साइन क्यों नहीं करते?sar, aaj saa-in kyon na-heen kar-te?Sir, why don't you sign today?
क्यों न मैं पहले पढ़ लूँ?kyon na main peh-le parh loon?Why don't I read it first?
क्यों न हम पहली अप्रैल को आ जाएं?kyon na ham peh-lee ap-rail ko aa jaa-en?Why don't we move in on the first of April?

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