Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Introduction |
| Alisha: Welcome to 3-Minute Urdu, Lesson 19 - Using Negation In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in Urdu. |
| Body |
| Alisha: Here's the way to say 'I don't have a pen' in Urdu. |
| Syed: [Normal] میرے پاس ایک قلم نہیں ہے۔ (Meray pass aik qalam nahin hai.) |
| Alisha: First is a phrase meaning 'I have' |
| Syed: [Normal] میرے پاس [Slow] میرے پاس (meray pass) |
| Alisha: Next is the phrase meaning 'one pen' |
| Syed: [Normal] ایک قلم [Slow] ایک قلم (aik qalam) |
| Alisha: Last is the phrase meaning 'don't' |
| Syed: [Normal] نہیں ہے [Slow] نہیں ہے (nahin hai) |
| Alisha: Listen again to the sentence meaning 'I don't have a pen.' |
| Syed: [Slow] میرے پاس ایک قلم نہیں ہے۔ [Normal] میرے پاس ایک قلم نہیں ہے۔ |
| Alisha: Ok, now let's see the way to say 'I don't have time.' |
| Syed: [Normal] میرے پاس وقت نہیں ہے۔ (Meray pass waqt nahin hai.) |
| Alisha: First is a phrase meaning 'I have' |
| Syed: [Normal] میرے پاس [Slow] میرے پاس (meray pass) |
| Alisha: Next is the word meaning 'time' |
| Syed: [Normal] وقت [Slow] وقت (waqt) |
| Alisha: Last is the phrase meaning 'don't' |
| Syed: [Normal] نہیں ہے [Slow] نہیں ہے (nahin hai) |
| Alisha: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.' |
| Syed: [Slow] میرے پاس وقت نہیں ہے۔ [Normal] میرے پاس وقت نہیں ہے۔ |
| Alisha: Following is the way to say 'I don't know.' |
| Syed: [Normal] میں نہیں جانتا۔ (Mei nahin janta.) |
| Alisha: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Syed: [Normal] میں [Slow] میں (mei) |
| Alisha: Last is the phrase meaning 'don't know' |
| Syed: [Normal] نہیں جانتا [Slow] نہیں جانتا (nahin janta) |
| Alisha: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't know.' |
| Syed: [Slow] میں نہیں جانتا۔ [Normal] میں نہیں جانتا۔ |
| Alisha: Finally is a way to say 'I don't understand.' |
| Syed: [Normal] میں نہیں سمجھتا۔ (Mei nahin samajhta.) |
| Alisha: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Syed: [Normal] میں [Slow] میں (mei) |
| Alisha: Last is the phrase meaning 'don't understand' |
| Syed: [Normal] نہیں سمجھتا [Slow] نہیں سمجھتا (nahin samajhta) |
| Alisha: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't understand.' |
| Syed: [Slow] میں نہیں سمجھتا۔ [Normal] میں نہیں سمجھتا۔ |
| Cultural Insight |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. People in Pakistan are courageous enough to admit their lack of knowledge and information. In Pakistan, it’s actually common to hear the Urdu phrase “I don't know” or |
| Syed: میں نہیں جانتا (Mein nahin janta) |
| Alisha: multiple times in a day. Sometimes, people intentionally use it to skip over a conversation they don’t like. |
Outro |
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| Alisha: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Syed: !الوداع (alwida!) |
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