Introduction |
Alisha: Welcome to 3-Minute Urdu, Lesson 2 - Greetings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet someone in Urdu when you arrive and when you leave. |
Body |
Alisha: Here's the way to say 'Hello.' in Urdu. |
Syed: [Normal] السلام علیکم (Assalam-u-alaikum) |
Alisha: First is a word meaning 'peace be' |
Syed: [Normal] السلام [Slow] السلام (Assalamu) |
Alisha: Last is the word meaning 'upon you' |
Syed: [Normal] علیکم [Slow] علیکم (Alaikum) |
Alisha: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Hello.' |
Syed: [Slow] السلام علیکم [Normal] السلام علیکم |
Alisha: Ok, now let's hear how to say 'Good morning.' |
Syed: [Normal] .صبح بخیر (Subh bakhair.) |
Alisha: First is the word meaning 'morning' |
Syed: [Normal] صبح [Slow] صبح (subh) |
Alisha: Last is the word meaning 'with wellness ' |
Syed: [Normal] بخیر [Slow] بخیر (bakhair) |
Alisha: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Good morning.' |
Syed: [Slow] صبح بخیر۔ [Normal] صبح بخیر۔ |
Alisha: Now, let's hear the way to say 'Good evening.' |
Syed: [Normal] شام بخیر۔ (Shaam bakhair.) |
Alisha: First is a word meaning 'evening' |
Syed: [Normal] شام [Slow] شام (shaam) |
Alisha: Last is the word literally meaning 'with wellness' |
Syed: [Normal] بخیر [Slow] بخیر (bakhair) |
Alisha: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Good evening.' |
Syed: [Slow] شام بخیر۔ [Normal] شام بخیر۔ |
Alisha: Finally is the way to say 'Goodbye.' |
Syed: [Normal] خدا حافظ۔ (Khuda hafiz.) |
Alisha: First is the word literally meaning 'God' |
Syed: [Normal] خدا [Slow] خدا (khuda) |
Alisha: Last is the word literally meaning 'protector' |
Syed: [Normal] حافظ [Slow] حافظ (hafiz) |
Alisha: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Goodbye.' |
Syed: [Slow] خدا حافظ۔ [Normal] خدا حافظ۔ |
Cultural Insight |
Alisha: Now, it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
Alisha: In Urdu, using different greetings for each time of the day is not very common. Most of the time, you can just say |
Syed: .السلام علیکم (Assalam-u-alaikum) |
Alisha: and not worry about it! |
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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