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🇮🇳 Hindi · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Shop in Chandni Chowk

Papa ji at the counter of the family shop with Noah's father beside him and milk boiling for the sweets: since my father's time, for forty years, boiling since five, and since today he's family, so no money talk.

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The counter of the Sharmas' sweet shop in Chandni Chowk on a December morning, the old brass scales, milk boiling in the back. Noah speaks to Papa ji with the polite you; Papa ji uses the familiar you with Noah and relays through him to the father he calls uncle.

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मेरे पिता के ज़माने से.me-re pi-taa ke za-maa-ne se.since my father's time
ये काउंटर मेरे पिता के ज़माने से है.ye kaun-tar me-re pi-taa ke za-maa-ne se hai.This counter has been here since my father's time.
डैड पूछते हैं, आप यहाँ कब से हैं?daid poochh-te hain, aap ya-haan kab se hain?Dad asks, since when have you been here?
चालीस साल से. और तुम्हारे पापा?chaa-lees saal se. aur tum-haa-re paa-paa?For forty years. And your father?
वो तीस साल से डाकिया थे.vo tees saal se daa-ki-yaa the.He was a postman for thirty years.
डाकिया! तो वो हर घर जानते हैं.daa-ki-yaa! to vo har ghar jaan-te hain.A postman! Then he knows every house.
एक डिब्बा कितने का है?ek dib-baa kit-ne kaa hai?How much is one box?
डैड पूछते हैं, कड़ाही में क्या पक रहा है?daid poochh-te hain, ka-raa-hee men kyaa pak ra-haa hai?Dad asks, what's cooking in the pan?
पाँच बजे से उबल रहा है.paanch ba-je se u-bal ra-haa hai.it's been boiling since five
दूध, मिठाई के लिए. पाँच बजे से उबल रहा है.doodh, mi-thaa-ee ke li-e. paanch ba-je se u-bal ra-haa hai.Milk, for the sweets. It's been boiling since five.

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