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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Shawl for Mom

A shawl shop in Lajpat Nagar's central market: looking costs nothing, where is it made, woven by hand, the colour made from a flower, at what price is it sold, and the passive that Hindi builds with the verb to go.

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THE STORY

A shawl shop in the central market of Lajpat Nagar on a December afternoon, Noah's mother beside him. Noah and the shopkeeper use the polite you with each other; he calls Noah sir.

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देखने के पैसे नहीं लगते.dekh-ne ke pai-se na-heen lag-te.Looking costs nothing.
हम सिर्फ़ देख रहे हैं.ham sirf dekh ra-he hain.We're just looking.
बनाई जाती है.ba-naa-ee jaa-tee hai.is made, said of a shawl
ये शॉल कहाँ बनाई जाती है?ye shaul ka-haan ba-naa-ee jaa-tee hai?Where is this shawl made?
कश्मीर में, हाथ से बुनी जाती है.kash-meer men, haath se bu-nee jaa-tee hai.In Kashmir, woven by hand.
बनाया जाता है.ba-naa-yaa jaa-taa hai.is made, said of a colour
रंग पौधों से बनाया जाता है?rang pau-dhon se ba-naa-yaa jaa-taa hai?Is the colour made from plants?
लाल एक फूल से बनाया जाता है.laal ek phool se ba-naa-yaa jaa-taa hai.The red is made from a flower.
बेची जाती है.be-chee jaa-tee hai.is sold, said of a shawl
और ये किस दाम पर बेची जाती है?aur ye kis daam par be-chee jaa-tee hai?And at what price is this one sold?

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