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OP - October 16, 2010, 01:52 AM

Yeh jagah hai un logon ke liye jo Urdu seekhna chahtain hain, aur voh jo dosron ko sikhana chahtey hain. Yahaan par aap apne sawaal puchhain Urdu ke baray mein, aur practice bhi karein. Aur agar aap ko Urdu aati hai, to yahaan likhain doosro ko sikhhanay ke liye.

This thread is for those who want to learn Urdu and those who want to help people learn it. Post your questions regarding the Urdu language, or practice the language here. Also, if you know Urdu, post things to help out others who want to learn it, like phrases, vocabulary, lessons, etc.

Main shuruath karti hoon, numberon ke saath:
I'll start, with numerals:

1 = ek
2 = do (soft "d" like in "the")
3 = theen
4 = chaar
5 = paanch
6 = chhay
7 = saath
8 = aatth (hard "t" at the end)
9 = naw
10 = dus
11 = ghyara
12 = bara
13 = thera
14 = chawda
15 = pandra
16 = sola
17 = sathra
18 = atthara
19 = oonnees
20 = bees

100 = saw
200 = do saw
500 = paanch saw
...

1000 = hazar
2000 = do hazaar
...

Here are a couple of sites that may be helpful:
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_urdu.htm
http://www.urduword.com

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Reply #1 - October 16, 2010, 01:54 AM

89? 79?
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Reply #2 - October 16, 2010, 02:02 AM

I didn't know - so I looked it up and found this:

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Reply #3 - October 16, 2010, 02:05 AM

yep, it was a trick question

89 = navasi
79 = unyasi

these are the typically the most confusing ones even to those who've used the general pattern their whole life.
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Reply #4 - October 16, 2010, 05:44 AM

People should also learn how to read the Urdu script as well

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Reply #5 - October 16, 2010, 05:51 AM

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Reply #6 - October 16, 2010, 07:13 AM

Allat taught me this one: "Bhar mein jao, salay."

Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West.
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Reply #7 - October 17, 2010, 12:21 AM

is the urdu script entirely unique or does it derive from persian / arabic?
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Reply #8 - October 17, 2010, 06:05 AM

No, it only has a few alterations to the arabic and I think is completely akin to the persian

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Reply #9 - October 17, 2010, 07:38 PM

Quote from: osmanthus on October 16, 2010, 07:13 AM
Allat taught me this one: "Bhar mein jao, salay."

Huh! Khay bolrahi bhayee??

"Bihar mein jao, salay"??

nahee..nahee..
Ghar sey bahar jaoo salay.. gand batakarana bandh karo., maardunga thumkoo.. lol..

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Reply #10 - November 03, 2010, 03:21 PM

Can anyone teach me some swears in urdu?
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Reply #11 - November 03, 2010, 04:17 PM

laan pe char, bhangra khar

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Reply #12 - November 04, 2010, 01:11 PM

^ You are speaking Urdu like a Caucasian..

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Reply #13 - November 04, 2010, 01:13 PM

Quote from: XxThaminaxX on November 03, 2010, 03:21 PM
Can anyone teach me some swears in urdu?

Try
Beyhein Chowd (Sister fucker)
Maather Chowd (Mother fucker)
(I used extra vowels so that you know where to prolong it.)

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Reply #14 - November 04, 2010, 03:51 PM

Chooa Chod (Mouse Fucker) My friend made this one up

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Reply #15 - December 04, 2010, 02:48 AM

Quote from: s12345 on October 17, 2010, 12:21 AM
is the urdu script entirely unique or does it derive from persian / arabic?

Urdu and Persian, both languages are written in modified Arabic script. I only know Urdu and Hindi. Hindi is written in Devanagari script. Hindi and Urdu are identical in normal everyday conversation. The grammar is essentially the same. The verbs and conjugations are identical in both languages.

Urdu and Hindi differ at literary level, but not because of the grammar. In literature, Urdu uses many Arabic words and Hindi uses many Sanskrit words. But both languages have many Persian and Turkish words in common. For example "darwaza" which means door is Hindi and Urdu. There are countless of such words in both languages.

When I am talking to a Pakistani, I am speaking Hindi and she is speaking Urdu but we both are speaking the same language. Aap kaa naam kya hai? Is it Hindi or Urdu, or both? Aap kahaan ja rahi hain? Mein kal amrika jaaoongi. I say it's Hindi you say it's Urdu, somebody shouts, "why don't you duke it out"

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Reply #16 - December 04, 2010, 02:53 AM

Quote from: allat on October 16, 2010, 02:02 AM
I didn't know - so I looked it up and found this:
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Hey these are Hindi numbers written in Arabic script

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Reply #17 - December 04, 2010, 03:19 AM

Urdu has many more letters than Arabic and Persian. Urdu and Hindi have same letters - even though both languages use the different scripts. There are sounds which exist only in Indian languages. Persian and Arabic have only dental t's and d's. Urdu has dental as well as retroflex t's and d's. Also Urdu has aspirant sounds like th, dh (dental as well retroflex), kh, bh, gh, chh etc. Hindi and Urdu have these sounds in common. We can say that Urdu and Hindi share the same alphabet, even though they use different scripts in different order.

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Reply #18 - December 08, 2010, 03:17 PM

I have the numbers up to 13 memorized thanks to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAtU180f9Ns
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVtEmwOlby8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGuHno7cHFk

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Reply #21 - December 17, 2010, 02:53 PM

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Reply #22 - December 17, 2010, 03:40 PM

I cant read urdu, can you translate it please?

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Reply #23 - December 17, 2010, 03:55 PM

Quote from: yeezevee on December 16, 2010, 05:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVtEmwOlby8

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Reply #24 - December 17, 2010, 04:47 PM

Quote from: IsLame on December 17, 2010, 03:40 PM
I cant read urdu, can you translate it please?

She (the government) has become ashamed of her relationship with the USA and is asking him to text from now on and not appear in person

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Reply #25 - January 20, 2011, 05:40 PM

hi guys, recently I was looking at Urdu and was trying to get the alphabet (I already read Arabic, so this is a big advantage).
However, I got a but confused with the multitude of d's and t's.

I listened to some video on Utube, but I could barely hear the difference between d, retroflex d, t and retroflex t.( I mean the letters with a miniature "TA" on them, like in the word "Urdu board" written in urdu.) Is this distinction really made when (casually) talking?
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Reply #26 - January 20, 2011, 06:18 PM

The thing is Urdu have two distinct letters. English has only one "D", Arabic has only one too.. Urdu has both. By the way, you can use the same sound in English using the letters "th" combined.

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Reply #27 - March 24, 2011, 10:48 PM

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(god that took forever)

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Reply #28 - March 25, 2011, 03:22 AM

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Reply #29 - March 25, 2011, 03:52 AM

Quote from: muddy on January 20, 2011, 06:18 PM
The thing is Urdu have two distinct letters. English has only one "D", Arabic has only one too.. Urdu has both. By the way, you can use the same sound in English using the letters "th" combined.

You know it can't be true what you say about Arabic, muddy. Their whole Aliphabet is made of consonants, so Arabic has at least six ds in my estimate. Anyway, Urdu is too easy, try learning Finnish instead. Here's a clip of a related language:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVRmDFMq9Xc

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