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Basic Urdu Lessons - 1.Basic usage of "Main hoon" ( I am )

In this lesson and in my upcoming lessons, I’ll try to help Urdu speaking beginners to understand the basics of speaking Urdu. I’ll use very simple phrases and expressions to help you with Urdu speaking.

Basic usage of "Main hoon"

This lesson is about using ‘Main hoon’ (I am). It is used in combination with other words to tell someone about yourself or to describe something you are doing. In following sentences, I have highlighted the words where gender Identification is necessary. Female needs to read the pink highlighted words and male needs to read the blue highlighted words. The pattern of sentences is:

Main ________ Hoon.

Where

Main = I (Pronoun) _________ = informatory words/ status words Hoon = am (verb)

Main kafi thucka hoa/thucke hoe hoon. (I’m so tired)

Main uljha hoa/hoe hoon. (I’m confused)

Main khosh hoon. (I’m happy)

Main tay’ees saal ka/ki hoon. (I’m twenty three years old)

Main bhooka/bhooki hoon. (I’m hungry)

Main preshan hoon. (I’m nervous)

Main purJosh hoon. (I’m excited)

Main kaam choor raha/rahi hoon. (I’m leaving work)

Main Pyasa/Pyasi hoon. (I’m thirsty)

Main Islamabad sy hoon. (I’m from Islamabad)

Main shaded bhooka/bhooki hoon. (I’m extremely hungry)

Main bohot khoosh hoon. (I’m very happy)

Main Buri tarha bhooka/bhooki hoon. (I’m terribly hungry)

Main bohot zyada purJosh hoon. (I am super excited)

Main bohot preshan hoon. (I’m very nervous)

Note: There is no standard for roman Urdu (Urdu words in English script). So you may see the following forms on internet:

Main = mayn = man

Hoon = Hon = Hn

Please submit your comments if you find it helpful, need clarification or find any mistake.

If you want to practice enunciating these phrases or need any other urgent help, you can send me private message or you can also join me on Skype: speak.urdu

2 de maio de 2013

My language exchange experience On last weekend, I decided to take one step further to attain another milestone of self revelation. Although, it wasn’t an easy task for me but fortunately I have almost two dozen language exchange partners on Skype to whom I already had few chat sessions. So I decided to talk to them using Skype voice chat. I set my mood status to “Available for voice chat” on Skype so that all my contacts could know about it. I was hardly hoping for anyone to contact me but to my surprise! Eight people showed their interest and made a call on Skype. Few of them were interested in practicing spoken English and others wanted to learn the Urdu language. Initially, it was quite difficult for me to speak and understand their accents because they were from different countries and speaks different languages. But after communicating with first two callers, my ears and tong get used to it and I was on my way to produce the sentences and to convert the talk into meaningful conversation. This was the wonderful experience of my life, experience of not only crossing the fear barrier once again but also being able to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds. Now! I’m planning to go further to achieve the next milestone of self revelation and decided to continue this practice on alternate weekends or whenever I get free time.

1 de maio de 2013

OK! I found a language partner. I resume italki.com two weeks earlier and since then I was trying to find an English language partner. Keeping in mind the time zone difference, I sent few messages to English learners for practicing English speaking. I also started a discussion for 10 minutes daily English speaking practice and finally I got few Skype contacts who agreed to come online at a schedule time. But! To my surprise, none of them are following the agreed timing and if someone follows then they always have ‘Away’ status. It was really annoying for me and I was feeling angry and disappointing. But this anger led me to the point where I thought I should practice myself and treat myself a language partner. I downloaded few sample conversations with audios, technical and HR interview questions and my field related technical documentations. At first, I read all that stuff loudly many times so that I can pronounce them fluently. Next, I started interviewing myself by asking technical questions first. Although I’m really good in my field but it is really difficult to describe things in front of someone. So, I recalled the related vocabulary and organized my sentences to answer the questions properly. It’s all went very well and now I’m continuing this activity towards my HR interview questions. I’ll try to post my audios for your reviews, whenever I feel comfortable.

16 de fevereiro de 2013

10 minutes daily speaking practice for serious English learners

I’m starting an English speaking practice session for one hour daily and 10 minutes for each English language partner. Any serious English learner can join if he/she is committed to practice regularly.

Initially we will start with simple sentences and practice those lessons provided on different websites (I will provide the links). Then gradually we will move to more complex conversations where each partner will prepare topic of his/her own choice and explain it to other while the other partner may ask questions (if any) afterwards.

Timing: 20:00 GMT
(Check current GMT time at <a href="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx">http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx</a> and calculate what your local time would be at 20:00 GMT)

To join either show your interest here and write your Skype ID.
Or

if you don’t want to disclose your ID then follow me first and I will follow you and send you my Skype ID.

5 de fevereiro de 2013

Basic structure of Urdu sentence

Like every language Urdu has its own syntax. Once you have learned the basic structure of Urdu sentence it will be easy for you to understand hundreds of simple sentences used in daily conversation.

For better understanding we first look at English and Arabic structure.

Basic Structure of English Sentence:

Subject + Object + Verb

( I + eat + apple)

Basic Structure of Arabic Sentence:

Verb + Subject + Object

( eat + I + apple)

Now we move to Urdu structure with examples.

Basic Structure of Urdu Sentence:

Subject + Object + Verb

( I + apple + eat ) - Present Indefinet Tense

(Main + sayb+ khata hn)

(Main + School + jata hn)

(Wo + gana + Gati hy)

(I + apple + am eating) - Present Continuous Tense

(Main + sayb + kha raha hn)

(Main + School + ja raha hn)

(Wo + gana + Ga rahi hy)

(I + apple + have eaten) - Present Perfect Tense

(Main + sayb + kha chuka hn)

(Main + School + ja chuka hn)

(Wo + gana + Ga chuki hy)

I hope this will help you in learning urdu. If you need any clarification or you want to learn/practice Urdu one on one, just send me a message.

4 de fevereiro de 2013

It's a brilliant day for me. It's a brilliant day for me. Being an introverted, it was much difficult for me to talk to others and express myself. I was with the view that I cannot communicate with peoples and don't have much to say. But today I'm surprised that I chat more than two hours with a single person. Few days before, I could not even move beyond introductory sentences. I know you all are curious to know how a shy guy can communicate that much time. Well! Definitely I will tell you but not now, wait for my next notebook entry.

31 de janeiro de 2013