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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Urdu
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Urdu words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Urdu phrases in this lesson
- آپ کیسے ہیں؟aap KAI-say hain
- How are you?
- میں ٹھیک ہوں، شکریہmain theek hoon SHUK-ri-ya
- I'm fine, thanks
- اور آپ؟OR aap
- And you?
- آپ کا نام کیا ہے؟aap kaa naam kyaa hai
- What's your name?
- میرا نام... ہےMAY-raa naam hai
- My name is...
- آپ کہاں سے ہیں؟aap ka-HAAN say hain
- Where are you from?
- میں... سے ہوںmain say hoon
- I'm from...
- مجھے یہ پسند ہےmoo-JHAY yay pa-SAND hai
- I like it
- یہ خوبصورت ہےyay khoob-SOO-rat hai
- It's beautiful
- خوش آمدیدkhoosh aam-DEED
- Welcome
The polite form. To a woman, آپ کیسی ہیں؟ (aap KAI-see hain).
Simple and polite. Returning the inquiry is socially important in Pakistani culture. Not asking back can seem cold or self-absorbed. Always bounce the question back.
Said to an arriving guest.