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At the Ticket Window

Two friends want tickets for six o’clock, and six o’clock is full.

Buying tickets at the cinema. Listen to the polite imperative with -इए: दीजिए, लीजिए. And notice how a price is asked: एक टिकट कितना है?

Kabir

नमस्ते भाई साहब, शाम छह बजे के दो टिकट दीजिए।

Mohan

छह बजे कोई सीट नहीं है। नौ बजे की फ़िल्म में सीट है।

Kabir

नौ बजे? बहुत देर है।

Neha

कोई बात नहीं। नौ बजे ठीक है। पहले हम खाना खाते हैं।

Kabir

ठीक है। नौ बजे के दो टिकट दीजिए। एक टिकट कितना है?

Mohan

एक टिकट ढाई सौ का है। दो टिकट पाँच सौ के।

Kabir

ये लीजिए, पाँच सौ।

Mohan

धन्यवाद। आप नौ बजे से पहले आइए।

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

Words: 74
Sentences: 16
Words per sentence: 4.6
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.

दीजिए · लीजिए
The polite imperative for आप: stem + -इए — दीजिए (please give), लीजिए (please take). Asking politely: बैठिए, कीजिए, दीजिए →
छह बजे · नौ बजे
Clock time with बजे: छह बजे, नौ बजे. Telling the time: बजे, सवा, साढ़े, पौने, डेढ़, ढाई →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 23 of the 39 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

आइए
come in; please come
A1
कोई बात नहीं
it doesn't matter; no problem
A1
खाना
food; meal
A1
खाना
to eat
A1
छह
six
A1
टिकट
ticket
A1
ठीक
fine; all right; correct
A1
ढाई
two and a half
A1
देना
to give
A1
देर
delay; a while; lateness
A1
दो
two
A1
धन्यवाद
thank you (more formal)
A1
नमस्ते
hello; goodbye
A1
नौ
nine
A1
पाँच
five
A1
फ़िल्म
film
A2
बजे
o'clock; at … o'clock
A1
भाई
brother
A1
भाई साहब
sir (polite address to a man)
A1
लेना
to take
A1
शाम
evening
A1
सीट
seat
A1
सौ
hundred
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 11 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.

Numbers 6 Greetings and set phrases 5 Time and the calendar 2 Getting around 2 Verb forms 2 The first adjectives 1 The first verbs 1 Food and drink 1 Free time and hobbies 1 People and the family 1 Saying when 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. Why can they not see the six o’clock film?

2. What do they want to do before the film?

3. How much is one ticket?