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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dadi ji's Blessing

In the sitting room Noah's mother bends to touch Dadi ji's feet, and Dadi ji blesses a nurse from Oregon: live long, stay happy, keep coming, keep writing, with the verb for keep doing.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' sitting room in Lajpat Nagar, the morning Noah's parents arrive; Dadi ji on the sofa, Noah's mother bending to touch her feet as Noah showed her in the car. Noah speaks to Dadi ji with the polite you; she calls him my child and uses the familiar you.

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बेटा, ये तुम्हारी माँ हैं? कितनी दुबली हैं!be-taa, ye tum-haa-ree maan hain? kit-nee dub-lee hain!My child, is this your mother? How thin she is!
वो नर्स हैं, दिन भर चलती हैं.vo nars hain, din bhar chal-tee hain.She's a nurse, she walks all day.
जीती रहो, खुश रहो.jee-tee ra-ho, khush ra-ho.live long, stay happy, to a woman
नर्स! उनसे कहो, जीती रहो, खुश रहो.nars! un-se ka-ho, jee-tee ra-ho, khush ra-ho.A nurse! Tell her, live long, stay happy.
सदा सुखी रहो.sa-daa su-khee ra-ho.Stay happy always.
मॉम पूछती हैं कि आपने क्या कहा.mom poochh-tee hain ki aap-ne kyaa ka-haa.Mom asks what you said.
मेहमान के बिना घर सूना है.meh-maan ke bi-naa ghar soo-naa hai.without guests a house is empty
उनसे कहो कि आती रहें. मेहमान के बिना घर सूना है.un-se ka-ho ki aa-tee ra-hen. meh-maan ke bi-naa ghar soo-naa hai.Tell her to keep coming. Without guests a house is empty.
मॉम आपकी एक रेसिपी सीखना चाहती हैं.mom aap-kee ek re-si-pee seekh-naa chaah-tee hain.Mom wants to learn one of your recipes.
कॉपी वाली? लिखते रहो, बेटा.kaa-pee vaa-lee? likh-te ra-ho, be-taa.The notebook ones? Keep writing, my child.

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