Learn about the different living situations in Pakistan, and how to apologize
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to UrduPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner, Season 1 Lesson 20 - Making Your Apologies in Urdu. I’m John. |
| Afrah: Assalam u alaikum, I'm Afrah. |
| John: In this lesson you'll learn how to apologize in Urdu. |
| Afrah: The conversation takes place on a street. |
| John: It's between Ali and Sarah. |
| Afrah: They’re neighbors but aren’t too familiar with each other, so they’ll be using formal Urdu. |
| John: Let's listen to their conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| علی: آپ کے پاس ابھی وقت ہے؟ |
| سارہ: معافی چاہتی ہوں لیکن میں جلدی میں ہوں. |
| علی: کوئی بات نہیں. |
| سارہ: معافی چاہتی ہوں! مجهے اپنی ساس کے لئے رات کا کھانا پکانا ہے. |
| John: Now let's listen to the same conversation at a slow speed. |
| علی: آپ کے پاس ابھی وقت ہے؟ |
| سارہ: معافی چاہتی ہوں لیکن میں جلدی میں ہوں. |
| علی: کوئی بات نہیں. |
| سارہ: معافی چاہتی ہوں! مجهے اپنی ساس کے لئے رات کا کھانا پکانا ہے. |
| John: Let's now listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Ali: Aap ky pas abhi waqt hai? |
| John: "Do you have time right now?" |
| Sarah: Mafi chahti hun lekin mei jaldi mei hun. |
| John: "I’m really sorry, but I’m in a hurry." |
| Ali: koi baaT nahin. |
| John: "No problem." |
| Sarah: Mafi chahti hun! Mujhe apni saas ke liye raaT ka khana pakana hai. |
| John: "I'm really sorry! I have to cook dinner for my mother-in-law." |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Afrah: Some of you listeners might be thinking that this is a random scenario. |
| John: Actually this is a typical living situation in Pakistan, where the wife lives with her husband's entire family. |
| Afrah: And sometimes, if the family has brothers, you can even find them living under the same roof with all their wives, children, and parents. |
| John: In such households, the husband's mother and father are the authoritative figures; and the daughters-in-law have to do most of the household chores. |
| Afrah: This joint family system is practiced in many places in Pakistan. Of course, more and more families in cities are becoming nuclear, that is, just the immediate family. |
| John: In a way, I think the joint family system is really nice because it makes the family atmosphere much more social, you know? |
| Afrah: Yes, I think both ways have their benefits. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| John: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Afrah: آپ کے [natural native speed] |
| John: your |
| Afrah: aap ky [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Afrah: aap ky [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Afrah: پاس [natural native speed] |
| John: with [natural native speed] |
| Afrah: pas [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Afrah: pas [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Afrah: مجهے [natural native speed] |
| John: I |
| Afrah: mujhay [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Afrah: mujhay [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Afrah:معافی چاہتی ہوں [natural native speed] |
| John: sorry |
| Afrah: mafi chahti hun [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Afrah: mafi chahti hun [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Afrah: جلدی [natural native speed] |
| John: to hurry |
| Afrah: jaldi [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Afrah: jaldi [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Afrah: کوئی بات نہیں [natural native speed] |
| John: no problem, no worries |
| Afrah: koi baat nahin [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Afrah: koi baat nahin [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Afrah: ساس [natural native speed] |
| John: mother-in-law |
| Afrah: saas [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Afrah: saas [natural native speed] |
| John: Lastly we have... |
| Afrah: رات کا کھانا [natural native speed] |
| John: dinner |
| Afrah: raat ka khana [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Afrah: raat ka khana [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| John: Let's now look at some of these words in more detail. |
| Afrah: ساس means "mother-in-law." |
| John: And your "father-in-law" would be... |
| Afrah: سسر . |
| John: Next we have the word for “I.” |
| Afrah: مجهے |
| John: Now for the final word. We'll look at the Urdu word for "dinner," which is… |
| Afrah: رات کا کھانا, which is singular, and رات کے کھانے, which is the plural form. |
| John: Can you explain the meaning of the words in this phrase? |
| Afrah: Sure. Here, رات means "night," کا and کے mean "of," and کھانا or کھانے mean "food." So literally it means, "food of the night." |
Lesson focus |
| John: Now let’s learn how to say "apologize" in Urdu, and also how to respond to people's apologies. |
| Afrah: The most useful phrase in Urdu is معافی چاہتا ہوں if you’re a male. And معافی چاہتی ہوں if you’re a female. |
| John: It can be used in many ways. You can use it to say "Excuse me," as in "Excuse me, where is the market?" |
| Afrah:معافی چاہتی ہوں، بازار کہاں ہے؟ |
| John: Let's practice this phrase. We'll say it first at natural speed and then a little slowly. |
| Afrah: میں معافی چاہتی ہوں, میں معافی چاہتی ہوں |
| John: There are many ways you can apologize in Urdu. Let's go over some of them. |
| Afrah: One commonly used phrase is مجهے افسوس ہے |
| John: Which simply means "I’m sorry." |
| Afrah: You can also add the word بہت, which means "very" to say, "I’m very sorry.” مجهے بہت افسوس ہے. |
| John: The word for "forgive" in Urdu is… |
| Afrah: معافی or معاف. |
| John: So you can also say "Please forgive me" by saying… |
| Afrah: مجھے معاف کر دیں or مہربانی فرما کر مجھے معاف کر دیں. |
| John: What’s the Urdu word for “please?” |
| Afrah: مہربانی فرما کر [slowly]مہربانی فرما کر |
| John: But knowing how to apologize isn't enough. You also need to know how to respond when someone else apologizes. So, if you want to say something like "It's not a problem” or “It doesn't matter," you say… |
| Afrah: کوئی مسئلہ نہیں |
| John: Another simple one is "It's okay," which in Urdu is… |
| Afrah: ٹهیک ہے |
| John: So now, listeners, do you think you can easily apologize in Urdu and respond to people's apologies? |
| Afrah: Well, of course you’ll need to practice these phrases, but we hope you’ll be able to soon. |
Outro |
| John: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Afrah: Shukriya aur phir milenge! |
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