learning Urdu

salam.

me too, i have been wanting to learn Urdu but nobody helps me

w.salam

lolz we'll teach u

its easy

first learn this :

"keeya haal he" ( th 'e' in "he" makes a 'e' sound, instead of an 'ee' sound )

keeya = how
n it all means "how r u" :sister:

now try to say tht

salam.

OMG! this is like hard but ok carry on people Glo your doing good but am doing soo bad

teach some more people.

w.salam

lol, dont worry abt it being hard.

to make it easy, we will spell it th way its pronounced

next sentence : "i live in the uk"

i = me ( instead of pronoucing it "me" as we wud in english with an "ee" sound, in urdu we pronounce the 'e' like we do in "egg"
mi = in ( this 'i' will be pronounced like it is in igloo )
rehtee = live ( n this is pronounced th way its spelt )
houn >>> this might be hard to pronounce ( its not pronounce "hoo", nor is it pronounced "ho" as in th father christmas "ho ho ho" but its a cross between them both. the 'n' is silent

say "who" like u normally wud in english
now say "who" agen but this time u gotta touch on th "n" slightly
notice wen u do this, u wud find th sound coming out of ur nose

remember : a cross between ho and hoo, touch on the n slightly, n the sound should come slightly from th nose

anyway altogether wud be :

"me uk mi rehtee hou" = "i live in th uk" ( i gave the U.K as an example, but u can say whichever place, according to wer u live )

now try it

format_quote Originally Posted by zÂk

no way "betta"

Urdu is the sweetest lang i ever heard

no way "sweetest"

Arabic is the sweetest lang i ever heard

punjabi is just funny

salam

sis as you wrote I = Me and you said pronounce it as you would like E in Egg then should it me mer?? *snowy is bad at this *

w.salam

format_quote Originally Posted by glo

Now then, islamgyal ... have you done the How-confident-are-you-test???
If not, perhaps you should!

The problem with learning a language is that you really have to speak it to learn. It may take me a while to pluck up the courage to address my Pakistani neighbours ... but one day I will!
In the meantime we can practise at home. Okay??

We are only just starting, sis!

salam.
sis am not feeling well so thats why, and yes me have got confidence but am superised a christain learning Urdu i told my brother whom is a christain "Jason" to learn it with me and he goes no way! now thats mean
anway sis we'll get through it if we work together, don't leave me behind sis ok?
w.salam

format_quote Originally Posted by piXie

yup, GUD MashaAllaah thats it but dont pronounce the "r" tho

wen we write it its like this = mei ( tho its pronounced different :sister: )

salam.

so is the "I" a silent letter??

w.salam

P.S. thank you soo much sis for helping me