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A Video Call with Grandma

A student far from home calls his grandmother: her health, his food and the Diwali holidays.

A family conversation. The grandson speaks to his grandmother with आप; she calls him बेटा and uses तुम. Listen for चाहिए, which says what one should do.

Aarav

नमस्ते नानी! आप मुझे देख सकती हैं?

Nani

हाँ बेटा, अब दिख रहे हो। तुम कैसे हो?

Aarav

मैं ठीक हूँ। आपकी तबीयत अब ठीक है?

Nani

पहले से बेहतर है। डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मुझे रोज़ सुबह टहलना चाहिए।

Aarav

तो आप टहलती हैं?

Nani

हाँ, तुम्हारे नाना जी के साथ पार्क तक जाती हूँ। तुम खाना ठीक से खाते हो?

Aarav

हाँ, वहाँ का खाना ठीक है, पर आपके खाने जैसा नहीं है।

Nani

दिवाली पर घर आओगे न? मैं तुम्हारे लिए मिठाई बनाऊँगी।

Aarav

ज़रूर आऊँगा, नानी। मेरी छुट्टियाँ दस दिन की हैं।

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Hindi for the family

Words
88
Sentences
16
Words per sentence
5.5
in the vocabulary
100 %
measured level
A2
Reading time
1 min

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Comprehension questions

4 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. How is the grandmother’s health?

2. What did the doctor tell her?

3. What does Aarav say about the food where he lives?

4. How long are Aarav’s holidays?