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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Dinner

Dal, rotis, paneer and Dadi ji's halwa at the family table: do have more, I'm full, I made it myself, and one respected elder spoken of in the plural.

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THE STORY

The Sharmas' dining table in Lajpat Nagar on the first evening of Noah's parents' visit, the halwa still on the stove. Noah uses the polite you with Mummy ji and the familiar you with Priya; Mummy ji uses his name and the familiar you.

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नोआ, अपने पापा से कहो, और लें.no-aa, ap-ne paa-paa se ka-ho, aur len.Noah, tell your father to have more.
पेट भर गया.pet bhar ga-yaa.he's full
मम्मी जी, वो कहते हैं कि पेट भर गया.mam-mee jee, vo keh-te hain ki pet bhar ga-yaa.Mummy ji, he says that he's full.
उन्हें बताओ, पनीर मैंने खुद बनाया है.un-hen ba-taa-o, pa-neer main-ne khud ba-naa-yaa hai.Tell him, I made the paneer myself.
थोड़ा और लीजिए.tho-raa aur lee-ji-e.Do have a little more.
हलवा बना रही हैं.hal-vaa ba-naa ra-hee hain.is making the halwa
दादी जी सुबह से हलवा बना रही हैं.daa-dee jee su-bah se hal-vaa ba-naa ra-hee hain.Dadi ji has been making the halwa since morning.
मॉम कहती हैं कि ऐसा कभी नहीं खाया.mom keh-tee hain ki ai-saa ka-bhee na-heen khaa-yaa.Mom says that she's never eaten anything like it.
देखो, तुम्हारी माँ खाना जानती हैं.de-kho, tum-haa-ree maan khaa-naa jaan-tee hain.See, your mother knows how to eat.
पापा जी पूछ रहे हैं, अंकल चम्मच लेंगे?paa-paa jee poochh ra-he hain, an-kal cham-mach len-ge?Papa ji is asking, will uncle take a spoon?

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