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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dadi ji's Village

In the courtyard of her old house near Mathura Dadi ji shows Noah's mother her world: this is the courtyard, Mom says that it's like a picture, sit like a village woman, she sits as if she has always lived here, she's like my daughter, and patience like yours.

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THE STORY

The courtyard of Dadi ji's old house in her village near Mathura on the way back from Agra, a buffalo in the corner, Noah's mother on the cot beside her. Noah uses the polite you with Dadi ji; she calls him my child.

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बेटा, यह आँगन है. यहीं मेरी शादी हुई थी.be-taa, ye aan-gan hai. ya-heen me-ree shaa-dee hu-ee thee.My child, this is the courtyard. My wedding was right here.
मॉम कहती हैं कि यह तस्वीर जैसा है.maum kah-tee hain ki ye tas-veer jai-saa hai.Mom says that it's like a picture.
गाँव की औरत की तरहgaanv kee au-rat kee ta-rahlike a village woman
आंटी से कहो, गाँव की औरत की तरह बैठें.aan-tee se ka-ho, gaanv kee au-rat kee ta-rah bai-then.Tell aunty to sit like a village woman.
जैसे हमेशा यहीं रहती हों.jai-se ha-me-shaa ya-heen rah-tee hon.as if she has always lived here
वो ऐसे बैठी हैं जैसे हमेशा यहीं रहती हों.vo ai-se bai-thee hain jai-se ha-me-shaa ya-heen rah-tee hon.She sits as if she has always lived here.
ऐसा लगता है जैसे मैं घर पर हूँ.ai-saa lag-taa hai jai-se main ghar par hoon.It feels as if I'm at home.
अब वो मेरी बेटी की तरह है.ab vo me-ree be-tee kee ta-rah hai.Now she's like my daughter.
यह मक्खन की तरह पिघलता है.ye mak-khan kee ta-rah pi-ghal-taa hai.It melts like butter.
उनसे कहो, मेरी तरह बनाएँ, धीरे धीरे.un-se ka-ho, me-ree ta-rah ba-naa-en, dhee-re dhee-re.Tell her to make them like me, slowly.

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