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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Dinner

The first evening in the new flat in Kalkaji and no gas cylinder: Rohan, Neha, Noah and Priya say what they should have done, and the first dinner is cooked downstairs and eaten upstairs.

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THE STORY

The new flat in Kalkaji on the evening of moving day, boxes everywhere and no gas: Rohan, Neha, Noah and Priya, off duty; friends and the couple say the familiar you to each other.

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सिलेंडर कल बुक करना चाहिए था.si-len-dar kal buk kar-naa chaa-hi-e thaa.We should have booked the cylinder yesterday.
सुननी चाहिए थी.sun-nee chaa-hi-e thee.should have listened, of a feminine thing
मुझे तुम्हारी बात सुननी चाहिए थी.mu-jhe tum-haa-ree baat sun-nee chaa-hi-e thee.I should have listened to you.
मुझे बताना चाहिए था. मैं अपना ले आता.mu-jhe ba-taa-naa chaa-hi-e thaa. main ap-naa le aa-taa.You should have told me. I'd have brought mine.
मुझे पहले आना चाहिए था.mu-jhe peh-le aa-naa chaa-hi-e thaa.I should have come earlier.
नीचे आंटी जी से पूछना चाहिए था.nee-che aan-tee jee se poochh-naa chaa-hi-e thaa.You should have asked Aunty ji downstairs.
तो रसोई पहले नहीं खोलनी चाहिए थी.to ra-so-ee peh-le na-heen khol-nee chaa-hi-e thee.Then we shouldn't have unpacked the kitchen first.
नहीं, खोलनी चाहिए थी. केतली कहाँ है?na-heen, khol-nee chaa-hi-e thee. ket-lee ka-haan hai?No, you should have. Where's the kettle?
कनेक्शन ऑनलाइन लेना चाहिए था.ka-nek-shan aun-laa-in le-naa chaa-hi-e thaa.I should have taken the connection online.
नहीं, यही करना चाहिए था. नीचे बना, ऊपर खाया.na-heen, ya-hee kar-naa chaa-hi-e thaa. nee-che ba-naa, oo-par khaa-yaa.No, you should have done exactly this. Cooked downstairs, eaten upstairs.