Learn the question How old are you in Urdu? and how to answer it
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| Alisha: Top 25 Urdu Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 11: "How old are you?" in Urdu. In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Urdu learners, and then learn how to answer like a native speaker. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then, through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question "How old are you?" In Urdu this is... |
| Hamza: آپ کتنے سال کے ہیں؟ |
| Alisha: The first word in the question is... |
| Hamza: آپ |
| Alisha: meaning "you" in English. |
| Hamza: (slowly) آپ |
| Alisha: Listen again and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is- |
| Hamza: کتنے |
| Alisha: meaning "how" |
| Hamza: (Slow) کتنے |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: کتنے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ کتنے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Hamza: سال کے |
| Alisha: meaning "old" |
| Hamza: (Slow) سال کے |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: سال کے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next is... |
| Hamza: ہیں |
| Alisha: meaning "are" |
| Hamza: (Slow) ہیں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: ہیں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ کتنے سال کے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: You’ll hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "How old are you?" |
| Hamza: میں اٹھارہ سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: "I'm eighteen years old." Listen again as the phrase is repeated slowly. Then repeat the phrase. |
| Hamza: (Slow) میں اٹھارہ سال کا ہوں۔ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Hamza: میں |
| Alisha: meaning "I" |
| Hamza: (slowly) میں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: میں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next is... |
| Hamza: اٹھارہ |
| Alisha: meaning "eighteen." |
| Hamza: (slowly) اٹھارہ |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: اٹھارہ |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Hamza: سال |
| Alisha: meaning "year." |
| Hamza: (slowly) سال |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: سال |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And last |
| Hamza:کا ہوں |
| Alisha: meaning "old" |
| Hamza: (slowly) کا ہوں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza:کا ہوں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say "I'm eighteen years old." and then repeat. |
| Hamza: میں اٹھارہ سال کا ہوں۔ |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: For a different answer, replace "eighteen" with "thirty-five years old." |
| Hamza: پینتیس سال کا |
| Alisha: "thirty-five years old" |
| Hamza: (slow) پینتیس سال کا (regular) پینتیس سال کا |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "thirty-five years old." |
| Hamza: میں پینتیس سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: It’s almost the same, simply replace "eighteen" with "thirty-five years old." Now say, "I'm thirty-five years old." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: میں پینتیس سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: For more practice, replace "thirty-five years old" with "forty-one years old." |
| Hamza: اکتالیس سال کا |
| Alisha: "forty-one years old" |
| Hamza: (slow) اکتالیس سال کا (regular) اکتالیس سال کا |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "forty-one years old." |
| Hamza: میں اکتالیس سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Here we just replace "thirty-five years old" with "forty-one years old." Say, "I'm forty-one years old." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: میں اکتالیس سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Now let’s replace "forty-one years old" with "seventy-four years old." |
| Hamza: چوھتر سال کا |
| Alisha: "seventy-four years old" |
| Hamza: (slow) چوھتر سال کا (regular) چوھتر سال کا |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "seventy-four years old." |
| Hamza: میں چوھتر سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same, simply replace "forty-one years old" with "seventy-four years old." Say, "I'm seventy-four years old." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: میں چوھتر سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Pakistan and someone asks you how old you are. You’re eighteen. What do you say? |
| Hamza: آپ کتنے سال کے ہیں؟ (five seconds) میں اٹھارہ سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Imagine you're seventy-four years old. Respond to the question. |
| Hamza: آپ کتنے سال کے ہیں؟ (five seconds) میں چوھتر سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Now imagine you’re forty-one years old. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Hamza: آپ کتنے سال کے ہیں؟ (five seconds) میں اکتالیس سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Imagine you're thirty-five years old. How do you respond? |
| Hamza: آپ کتنے سال کے ہیں؟ (five seconds) میں پینتیس سال کا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: You want to ask someone how old they are. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Hamza: آپ کتنے سال کے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 11. |
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