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Sunday at the Cinema

A brother and sister go to the cinema: a crowd, a cold hall and a very long film.

A short story in the present habitual. The verb ends in -ता, -ती or -ते and agrees with the person who acts: अमन ख़रीदता है, रीना पहनती है, वे पीते हैं.

रविवार को अमन और उसकी बहन रीना सिनेमाघर जाते हैं। सिनेमाघर उनके घर के पास है।

टिकट के लिए बहुत भीड़ है। अमन दो टिकट ख़रीदता है। टिकट महँगे हैं।

सिनेमाघर में बहुत ठंड है। रीना अपना स्वेटर पहनती है।

फ़िल्म तीन घंटे की है। वे तीन घंटे सिनेमाघर में रहते हैं और चाय भी पीते हैं। उसमें बहुत गाने हैं। रीना भी धीरे-धीरे गाती है।

रात को दोनों घर लौटते हैं। आज का दिन बहुत अच्छा है।

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Hindi through films and film songs

Words: 79
Sentences: 13
Words per sentence: 6.1
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A1
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

ख़रीदता है · पहनती है · जाते हैं
The present habitual: stem + -ता / -ती / -ते + है / हैं. A man ख़रीदता है, a woman पहनती है, two people जाते हैं. The everyday present: बोलता है →
घर के पास
के पास means “near”: घर के पास, near the house. Having things: मेरे पास … है →
सिनेमाघर में · उसमें
में means “in”: सिनेमाघर में, in the cinema; उसमें, in it. In and on: में and पर →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 27 of the 45 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

अच्छा
I see; oh really; OK
A1
आज
today
A1
ख़रीदना
to buy
A1
गाना
to sing
A1
घंटा
hour
A1
घर
house; home
A1
चाय
tea
A1
जाना
to go
A1
टिकट
ticket
A1
ठंड
cold
A1
तीन
three
A1
दिन
day
A1
दो
two
A1
दोनों
both
A1
धीरे
slowly; softly
A1
पहनना
to wear; to put on
A1
पीना
to drink
A1
फ़िल्म
film
A2
बहन
sister
A1
भीड़
crowd
A1
महँगा
expensive
A1
रविवार
Sunday
A1
रहना
to live; to stay
A1
रात
night
A1
लौटना
to return; to come back
A1
सिनेमाघर
cinema
A1
स्वेटर
sweater; jumper
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 14 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

The first verbs 5 Time and the calendar 5 Numbers 3 Clothes 2 Free time and hobbies 2 Places in town 2 Small words that hold a sentence together 1 The first adjectives 1 Food and drink 1 Greetings and set phrases 1 The home 1 People and the family 1 Getting around 1 The weather 1

Comprehension questions

3 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. Where is the cinema?

2. Why does Rina put on her sweater?

3. How long is the film?