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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Lunch in Agra

Lunch for nine in Agra: today's special, dal and rice for my mother, not spicy, don't put chilli in her dal, rotis for everyone and the Agra pumpkin sweet after, Dad wants to taste the spicy dal, and Dad says that he just can't eat it.

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THE STORY

A restaurant near the Taj Mahal at lunchtime on a December Thursday, both families at one table, Papa ji ordering for his side. Noah uses the polite you with the waiter and with Papa ji.

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आज की स्पेशल दाल और मटन है.aaj kee spe-shal daal aur ma-tan hai.Today's special is the dal and the mutton.
मेरी माँ के लिए दाल चावल, तीखा नहीं.me-ree maan ke li-e daal chaa-val, tee-khaa na-heen.For my mother, dal and rice, not spicy.
मुझसे तीखा नहीं खाया जाता.mujh-se tee-khaa na-heen khaa-yaa jaa-taa.I just can't eat spicy food.
उनकी दाल में मिर्च मत डालना.un-kee daal men mirch mat daal-naa.Don't put chilli in her dal.
जी, बिना मिर्च की. और बाकी सबके लिए?jee, bi-naa mirch kee. aur baa-kee sab-ke li-e?Yes, without chilli. And for everyone else?
सबके लिए रोटी, और बाद में आगरे का पेठा.sab-ke li-e ro-tee, aur baad men aag-re kaa pe-thaa.Rotis for everyone, and the pumpkin sweet after.
डैड तीखी दाल चखना चाहते हैं.daid tee-khee daal chakh-naa chaah-te hain.Dad wants to taste the spicy dal.
एक चम्मच. नहीं खाया गया, तो लस्सी है.ek cham-mach. na-heen khaa-yaa ga-yaa, to las-see hai.One spoon. If not, there's lassi.
उनसे नहीं खाया जाता.un-se na-heen khaa-yaa jaa-taa.he just can't eat it
डैड कहते हैं कि उनसे नहीं खाया जाता.daid kah-te hain ki un-se na-heen khaa-yaa jaa-taa.Dad says that he just can't eat it.