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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Talk with Papa ji

The shop after closing, Noah alone with a box of sweets: if his father spoke Hindi he'd have asked himself, he has come to ask for Priya's hand with Papa ji's blessing, and Papa ji says that if Noah had come first he'd have told him to ask her first, and that he has been his son for three years.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' sweet shop in Chandni Chowk on a Monday evening after closing, the shutter half down, Papa ji at the accounts. Noah speaks to Papa ji with the polite you; Papa ji calls him son and uses the familiar you.

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पापा जी, आपके पास कुछ मिनट हैं?paa-paa jee, aap-ke paas kuchh mi-nat hain?Papa ji, do you have a few minutes?
बैठो. डिब्बे में क्या है? मिठाई?bai-tho. dib-be men kyaa hai? mi-thaa-ee?Sit. What's in the box? Sweets?
अगर मेरे पिता हिंदी बोलते, तो खुद पूछते.a-gar me-re pi-taa hin-dee bol-te, to khud poochh-te.If my father spoke Hindi, he'd have asked himself.
मुझे पहले आपके पास आना चाहिए था.mu-jhe pah-le aap-ke paas aa-naa chaa-hi-ye thaa.I should have come to you first.
प्रिया का हाथ माँगनेpri-yaa kaa haath maang-neto ask for Priya's hand
मैं आपके आशीर्वाद से प्रिया का हाथ माँगने आया हूँ.main aap-ke aa-sheer-vaad se pri-yaa kaa haath maang-ne aa-yaa hoon.I've come to ask for Priya's hand, with your blessing.
और अगर मैं पूछूँ, प्रिया क्या कहती है?aur a-gar main poo-chhoon, pri-yaa kyaa keh-tee hai?And if I asked, what does Priya say?
वो हाँ कहती है, पापा जी.vo haan keh-tee hai, paa-paa jee.She says yes, Papa ji.
अगर तुम पहले आते, तो मैं कहता, उससे पूछो.a-gar tum pah-le aa-te, to main keh-taa, us-se poo-chho.If you had come first, I'd have said: ask her.
तीन साल से तुम मेरे बेटे हो. मिठाई खोलो.teen saal se tum me-re be-te ho. mi-thaa-ee kho-lo.You've been my son for three years. Open the sweets.