INTRODUCTION |
This lesson is very straightforward as we're going to cover counting from zero through ten. Let's jump right in. |
BODY |
I’ll say numbers in English first, then Urdu. Let’s start. |
“zero.” |
(slow) sifar |
sifar |
“one” |
(slow) Aik |
Aik |
“two” |
(slow) dou |
dou |
“three” |
(slow) teen |
teen |
“four” |
(slow) chaar |
chaar |
“five” |
(slow) panch |
panch |
“six” |
(slow) chay |
chay |
“seven” |
(slow) saat |
saat |
“eight” |
(slow) aath |
aath |
“nine” |
(slow) now |
now |
“ten” |
(slow) das |
das |
When you read a number with an object, for example, “three tomatoes,” the number comes first in Urdu, just like in English. In Urdu, “three tomatoes” is teen tamatar. “three tomatoes.” |
(slow) teen tamatar |
teen tamatar |
Teen is the Urdu number “three” and we have the noun tamatar, meaning “tomatoes.” In Urdu, tamatar is used as singular as well as plural. |
If you want to say "four tomatoes," you should say char tamatar. |
(slow) char tamatar. |
char tamatar. |
Numbers can be very useful, especially when you’re shopping in Pakistan. |
Let's imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. For example, imagine you would like to buy two shawls from the capital city Islamabad. |
Say "I would like to buy two shawls." In Urdu, you can say Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga. |
(slow) Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga. |
Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga. |
First we have Mei meaning “I.” |
(slow) Mei |
Mei |
Then we have the number dou meaning “two.” |
(slow) dou |
dou |
It’s followed by shawlein which is the plural form of “shawl” |
(slow) shawlein |
shawlein |
And at the end, we have the verb meaning “to buy” which is kharidna chahu ga in Urdu. |
(slow) kharidna chahu ga |
kharidna chahu ga |
Altogether, once again, "I would like to buy two shawls." in Urdu is.. |
(slow) Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga. |
Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga. |
This is how a man would say it. If you are a woman, you have to replace ga with gi. |
(slow) Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu gi. |
Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu gi. |
Instead of two shawls, you can make a sentence about “two t-shirts.” in Urdu, “two t-shirts” is dou t-shirt. |
(slow) dou t-shirt |
dou t-shirt |
“T-shirt” in Urdu is the same as in English, T-shirt. |
Using this pattern, you can say “I’d like to buy two t-shirts.” In Urdu, that is Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu ga. |
(slow) Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu ga. |
Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu ga. |
Now this was how a man would say it. If you are a woman, you will have to replace ga with gi. |
Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu gi. |
(slow) Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu gi. |
Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu gi. |
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