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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Guide

Inside the gardens the guide tells the story and Noah relays his parents' questions: it was built for a queen, Mom asks how long it took, Dad asks where the stone came from, it was brought from Rajasthan, it is said that it's pink in the morning, and Mom says it's the most beautiful.

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THE STORY

The gardens of the great white tomb in Agra on a December morning; a licensed guide walks both families to the marble. Noah uses the polite you with the guide, and she with him.

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बनाया गया था.ba-naa-yaa ga-yaa thaa.was built
यह बेगम मुमताज़ के लिए बनाया गया था.ye be-gam mum-taaz ke li-e ba-naa-yaa ga-yaa thaa.It was built for the queen Mumtaz.
मॉम पूछ रही हैं कि कितना समय लगा.maum poochh ra-hee hain ki kit-naa sa-may la-gaa.Mom asks how long it took.
बाईस साल, और बीस हज़ार मज़दूर.baa-ees saal, aur bees ha-zaar maz-door.Twenty-two years, twenty thousand workers.
बीस साल पहले.bees saal pah-le.Twenty years ago.
डैड पूछ रहे हैं कि पत्थर कहाँ से आया.daid poochh ra-he hain ki pat-thar ka-haan se aa-yaa.Dad asks where the stone came from.
लाया गया था.laa-yaa ga-yaa thaa.was brought
राजस्थान से, गाड़ियों पर लाया गया था.raa-jas-thaan se, gaa-ri-yon par laa-yaa ga-yaa thaa.It was brought from Rajasthan on carts.
मॉम पूछ रही हैं कि क्या रंग बदलता है.maum poochh ra-hee hain ki kyaa rang ba-dal-taa hai.Mom asks whether the colour changes.
कहा जाता है किka-haa jaa-taa hai kiit is said that

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