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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

From the Hotel to the House

Mummy ji moves the Bennetts from the hotel into Noah's old room: your parents are coming here tomorrow, Mom says that it will be a trouble, no trouble at all, although we're eight, still there's room for two, although the hotel has a lift, still no parathas, no ceremony among family, and although she seems strict, still she's soft.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' sitting room in Lajpat Nagar on a December evening, the Bennetts' second week, the move from the hotel set for the morning. Noah uses the polite you with Mummy ji and the familiar you with Priya; Mummy ji calls him by his name.

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नोआ, कल मम्मी पापा यहाँ आ रहे हैं.no-aa, kal mam-mee paa-paa ya-haan aa ra-he hain.Noah, tomorrow your parents are coming here.
मॉम कहती हैं कि तकलीफ़ होगी.maum kah-tee hain ki tak-leef ho-gee.Mom says that it will be a trouble.
फिर भी दो की जगह है.phir bhee do kee ja-gah hai.still there's room for two
तकलीफ़? हालाँकि हम आठ हैं, फिर भी दो की जगह है.tak-leef? haa-laan-ki ham aath hain, phir bhee do kee ja-gah hai.A trouble? Although we're eight, still there's room for two.
कोई तकलीफ़ नहीं.ko-ee tak-leef na-heen.No trouble at all.
हालाँकि होटल में लिफ़्ट है, फिर भी पराठे नहीं.haa-laan-ki ho-tal men lift hai, phir bhee pa-raa-the na-heen.Although the hotel has a lift, still no parathas.
डैड कहते हैं, पराठों के लिए आएंगे.daid kah-te hain, pa-raa-thon ke li-e aa-en-ge.Dad says he'll come for the parathas.
अपनों में तकल्लुफ़ नहीं, ऑटो दस बजे आएगा.ap-non men ta-kal-luf na-heen, au-to das ba-je aa-e-gaa.No ceremony among family, the auto comes at ten.
हालाँकि वो सख्त लगती हैं, फिर भी नरम हैं.haa-laan-ki vo sakht lag-tee hain, phir bhee na-ram hain.Although she seems strict, still she's soft.
मॉम कहती हैं, पहले दिन से पता था.maum kah-tee hain, pah-le din se pa-taa thaa.Mom says she knew from the first day.