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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Chai at Gupta ji's

A foggy December morning on Gupta ji's stool at the corner store: come, sit, chai for everyone, both cold and wet, neither a monsoon nor a summer, the chai on me, and a guest who never wins that argument.

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THE STORY

The corner store at the end of the Sharmas' lane in Lajpat Nagar, a foggy December morning, Noah's parents on Gupta ji's stool. Gupta ji and Noah use the polite you with each other.

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आइए, बैठिए. पोर्टलैंड में भी ठंड होती है?aa-i-e, bai-thi-e. port-laind men bhee thand ho-tee hai?Come, sit. Is it cold in Portland too?
ठंड भी, बारिश भी.thand bhee, baa-rish bhee.both cold and rain
ठंड भी, बारिश भी. नौ महीने बारिश होती है.thand bhee, baa-rish bhee. nau ma-hee-ne baa-rish ho-tee hai.Both cold and rain. It rains nine months.
नौ महीने! तो न मानसून, न गर्मी?nau ma-hee-ne! to na maan-soon, na gar-mee?Nine months! So neither a monsoon nor a summer?
न गर्मी, न मानसून. पर ऐसा कोहरा भी नहीं.na gar-mee, na maan-soon. par ai-saa koh-raa bhee na-heen.Neither summer nor monsoon. But no fog like this either.
कोहरा दिल्ली का कंबल है.koh-raa dil-lee kaa kam-bal hai.Fog is Delhi's blanket.
चाय के कितने हुए?chaay ke kit-ne hu-e?How much for the chai?
चाय और बिस्कुट, मेरी तरफ़ से.chaay aur bis-kut, me-ree ta-raf se.Chai and biscuits, on me.
चाय भी पिएंगे और पैसे भी देंगे.chaay bhee pi-en-ge aur pai-se bhee den-ge.will both drink the chai and pay
डैड चाय भी पिएंगे और पैसे भी देंगे.daid chaay bhee pi-en-ge aur pai-se bhee den-ge.Dad will both drink the chai and pay.

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