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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Counter Three

A June morning at the foreigners' registration office: token forty-two, counter three, and the clerk says what each paper should be: the letter on the hotel's letterhead, the signature the manager's, the photos recent, the lease registered, and come tomorrow before ten.

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THE STORY

The foreigners' registration office in Delhi on a June morning, the heat outside, a token in Noah's hand: the announcer calls the tokens, the clerk at counter three and Noah say the polite you to each other.

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टोकन नंबर बयालीस, काउंटर तीन.to-kan nam-bar ba-yaa-lees, kaa-un-tar teen.Token number forty-two, counter three.
फ़ीस ऑनलाइन देनी चाहिए.fees aun-laa-in de-nee chaa-hi-e.The fee should be paid online.
होनी चाहिए.ho-nee chaa-hi-e.should be, of a feminine thing
चिट्ठी होटल के लेटरहेड पर होनी चाहिए.chit-thee ho-tal ke le-tar-hed par ho-nee chaa-hi-e.The letter should be on the hotel's letterhead.
शेफ़ के साइन के साथ है.shef ke saa-in ke saath hai.It is, with the chef's signature.
साइन मैनेजर का होना चाहिए, शेफ़ का नहीं.saa-in mai-ne-jar kaa ho-naa chaa-hi-e, shef kaa na-heen.The signature should be the manager's, not the chef's.
मैनेजर नहीं था. उन्हीं का होना चाहिए?mai-ne-jar na-heen thaa. un-heen kaa ho-naa chaa-hi-e?The manager wasn't there. Must it be his?
फ़ोटो नई होनी चाहिए. ये ठीक हैं.fo-to na-ee ho-nee chaa-hi-e. ye theek hain.The photos should be recent. These are fine.
और एग्रीमेंट रजिस्टर्ड होना चाहिए?aur eg-ree-ment re-jis-tard ho-naa chaa-hi-e?And should the agreement be registered?
बस चिट्ठी बदलनी है. कल दस से पहले आइए.bas chit-thee ba-dal-nee hai. kal das se peh-le aa-i-e.Only the letter has to change. Come tomorrow before ten.