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freezer.<br />

Cooker is on the<br />

s<strong>to</strong>ve.<br />

Is your washing<br />

machine fully<br />

au<strong>to</strong>matic?<br />

कु कर चू�हे/ �टोव 4 पर है ।<br />

�या आपका कपड़े धोने क� मशीन<br />

पूर� तरह से �वचा�लत है ?<br />

I forgot <strong>to</strong> iron my<br />

clothes. अपने कपड़े इ��ी करना भूल गया ।<br />

My granny has an old<br />

water heater.<br />

How often you<br />

vacuum clean the<br />

rooms?<br />

Do you have a small<br />

vacuum cleaner?<br />

Test your Understanding:<br />

मेर� दाद� के पास एक पुरानी<br />

जलतापक है ।<br />

�कतनी बार आप कमरा वै�यूम साफ़<br />

करती है ?<br />

आपके पास एक छोट� वॅ�यूम<br />

1. Translate “I bought a new <strong>to</strong>rch”.<br />

�ल�नर / छोटा �नवा�त माज�क 5 है ?<br />

Cooker chulhe par hai<br />

Kya aapka kapade dhone ki<br />

machine poori tarah se<br />

swachalit hai<br />

Apne kapade istri karna bhool<br />

gaya<br />

Meri dadi ke pass ek purani<br />

jaltaapak hai<br />

Kitani baar aap kamara<br />

vacuum saf karti hai<br />

aapke pass ek choti vacuum<br />

cleaner hai<br />

a. म� एक नया जल-तापक ख़र�दा (main ek naya jaltaapak khareeda)<br />

b. म� एक नया मशाल ख़र�दा (main ek naya mashaal khareeda)<br />

c. म� एक नया झाड़ू ख़र�दा (main ek naya jhadoo khareeda)<br />

d. म� एक नया पंखा ख़र�दा (main ek naya pankha khareeda)<br />

3 Of course, only in high Brahmin circles will you hear the latter<br />

pronounced. And, if its sherbet you have, it’s शरबत / शब�त.<br />

4 चू�हा is from the Dravidian cullī, meaning hearth, thus s<strong>to</strong>ve; �टोव,<br />

naturally is from the English and denotes stand-up cooking. And, of course,<br />

there are now both �ेशर कु कर and सोलर कु कर <strong>to</strong> think about.<br />

5 Literal translation used by better etymologists everywhere.

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