Step 4 of 6: Listening

Day 47 • Listening Lab

Listening Lab — Formal and Emphatic Speech

Formal or emphatic conversations

Formal and Emphatic Speech

Listen carefully to native voice audio clips and follow along with English & Hindi transcripts.

Interactive Transcript

Never have I seen such a view!

मैंने कभी ऐसा दृश्य नहीं देखा!

So tired was she that she slept early.

वह इतनी थकी थी कि वह जल्दी सो गई।

Under no circumstances will we agree.

किसी भी परिस्थिति में हम सहमत नहीं होंगे।

Rarely does he miss a meeting.

वह शायद ही कभी मीटिंग छोड़ता है।

Only then did I understand.

तब जाकर मुझे समझ आया।

Such is the beauty of this place.

ऐसी है इस जगह की सुंदरता।

This audio uses inversion and emphatic structures for formal or dramatic effect.

Never(कभी नहीं)

So(इतनी)

Under no circumstances(किसी भी परिस्थिति में नहीं)

Rarely(शायद ही)

Only then(तब जाकर)

Such(ऐसी)