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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Welcome at the Door

A marigold garland and a plate of sweets at the Sharmas' door: come in, come in, do sit, a sweet first, treat this as your own home, and the extra-polite please that makes a request softer still.

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THE STORY

The front door of the Sharmas' house in Lajpat Nagar, a December morning; Noah's parents have arrived from the airport. Mummy ji and Papa ji use the polite you with the guests and the familiar you with Noah, who relays.

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आइए, आइए! आपका स्वागत है.aa-i-e, aa-i-e! aap-kaa svaa-gat hai.Come in, come in! Welcome.
अंदर आइएगा.an-dar aa-i-e-gaa.Do come in.
बैठिएगा. पहले मिठाई, फिर बाकी सब.bai-thi-e-gaa. pah-le mi-thaa-ee, phir baa-kee sab.Do sit down. First a sweet, then everything else.
मॉम कहती हैं कि माला बहुत सुंदर है.mom keh-tee hain ki maa-laa ba-hut sun-dar hai.Mom says that the garland is very beautiful.
हमारे घर में मेहमान फूलों के साथ आते हैं.ha-maa-re ghar men meh-maan phoo-lon ke saath aa-te hain.In our house guests come in with flowers.
डैड पूछते हैं कि जूते कहाँ रखें.daid poochh-te hain ki joo-te ka-haan ra-khen.Dad asks where he should put his shoes.
यहीं रखिएगा. और पानी लीजिएगा.ya-heen ra-khi-e-gaa. aur paa-nee lee-ji-e-gaa.Please leave them right here. And do have some water.
इसे अपना ही घर समझिएगा.i-se ap-naa hee ghar sa-ma-jhi-e-gaa.Please treat this as your own home.
कि शुक्रिया कैसे कहते हैं.ki shuk-ri-yaa kai-se keh-te hain.how one says thank you
मॉम पूछती हैं कि शुक्रिया कैसे कहते हैं.mom poochh-tee hain ki shuk-ri-yaa kai-se keh-te hain.Mom asks how one says thank you.