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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Hiring the Van

At the taxi stand Noah hires a twelve-seater for Agra: brother, we're going to Agra on Thursday, nine people, four thousand five hundred with the toll, when we reach you'll wait, as soon as you call I'll come, and grandmothers are the boss of every van.

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THE STORY

The taxi stand by the Lajpat Nagar metro on a December afternoon; Noah books a van and its driver for Thursday's trip to Agra. He uses the polite you with the driver, and the driver with him.

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भाई साहब, गुरुवार को आगरा जाना है.bhaa-ee saa-hab, gu-ru-vaar ko aag-raa jaa-naa hai.Brother, we're going to Agra on Thursday.
कितने लोग हैं, साहब?kit-ne log hain, saa-hab?How many people, sir?
नौ लोग. बड़ी गाड़ी चाहिए.nau log. ba-ree gaa-ree chaa-hi-e.Nine people. We need a big vehicle.
टोल के साथ साढ़े चार हज़ार.tol ke saath saa-rhe chaar ha-zaar.four thousand five hundred with the toll
आगरा और वापस, टोल के साथ साढ़े चार हज़ार.aag-raa aur vaa-pas, tol ke saath saa-rhe chaar ha-zaar.Agra and back, four thousand five hundred with the toll.
दादी जी हर गाड़ी की बॉस होती हैं.daa-dee jee har gaa-ree kee baus ho-tee hain.Grandmothers are the boss of every vehicle.
जब हम पहुँचेंगे, तबjab ham pa-hun-chen-ge, tabwhen we reach, then
और जब हम पहुँचेंगे, तब आप रुकेंगे?aur jab ham pa-hun-chen-ge, tab aap ru-ken-ge?And when we reach, you'll wait?
जैसे ही आप फ़ोन करेंगे,jai-se hee aap fon ka-ren-ge,as soon as you call
जैसे ही आप फ़ोन करेंगे, वैसे ही मैं आ जाऊँगा.jai-se hee aap fon ka-ren-ge, vai-se hee main aa jaa-oon-gaa.As soon as you call, I'll come.

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