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| INTRODUCTION |
| Alisha: Top 25 Urdu Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: "What's the weather like in Islamabad?" 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 "What's the weather like in Islamabad?" In Urdu this is... |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم کیسا ہے؟ |
| Alisha: The first phrase in the question is... |
| Syed: اسلام آباد |
| Alisha: meaning "Islamabad" in English. |
| Syed: (Slow) اسلام آباد |
| Alisha: Listen again and repeat. |
| Syed: اسلام آباد |
| {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 |
| Syed: میں |
| Alisha: meaning "in" |
| Syed: (Slow) میں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Syed: میں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first phrase of the question and repeat. |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next is... |
| Syed: موسم |
| Alisha: meaning "weather" |
| Syed: (Slow) موسم |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Syed: موسم |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And next is... |
| Syed: کیسا |
| Alisha: meaning "what" |
| Syed: (Slow) کیسا |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Syed: کیسا |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first four words of the question and repeat. |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم کیسا |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And next is… |
| Syed: ہے |
| Alisha: meaning "is" |
| Syed: (Slow) ہے |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Syed: ہے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم کیسا ہے؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "What's the weather like in Islamabad?" |
| Syed: دھوپ ہے. |
| Alisha: "It's sunny." You’ll hear the phrase one more time, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Syed: (Slow) دھوپ ہے. |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Syed: دھوپ |
| Alisha: meaning "sunny" |
| Syed: (Slow) دھوپ |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Syed: دھوپ |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And after that is... |
| Syed: ہے |
| Alisha: meaning "is." |
| Syed: (Slow) ہے |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Syed: ہے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say "It's sunny." and then repeat. |
| Syed: دھوپ ہے. |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: For a different answer, replace "sunny " with "raining." |
| Syed: بارش ہو رہی |
| Alisha: "raining" |
| Syed: (slow) بارش ہو رہی (regular) بارش ہو رہی |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "raining." |
| Syed: بارش ہو رہی ہے. |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same. Just replace "sunny " with "raining" Now try. Say "It's raining." |
| {pause} |
| Syed: بارش ہو رہی ہے. |
| Alisha: For more practice, replace "raining" with "windy." |
| Syed: تیز ہوا |
| Alisha: "windy" |
| Syed: (slow) تیز ہوا (regular) تیز ہوا |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "windy." |
| Syed: تیز ہوا ہے۔ |
| Alisha: It’s almost the same. Just replace "raining" with "windy." Let’s practice. Say "It's windy." |
| {pause} |
| Syed: تیز ہوا ہے۔ |
| Alisha: For a different answer, replace "windy" with "stormy." |
| Syed: طوفانی |
| Alisha: "stormy" |
| Syed: (slow) طوفانی (regular) طوفانی |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "stormy." |
| Syed: طوفانی ہے۔ |
| Alisha: Here we just replace "windy" with "stormy." Say "It's stormy." |
| {pause} |
| Syed: طوفانی ہے۔ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Pakistan and someone asks you about the weather. You want to say it's sunny. How would you answer? |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم کیسا ہے؟ (five seconds) دھوپ ہے. |
| Alisha: Now you want to say it's stormy. Respond to the question. |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم کیسا ہے؟ (five seconds) طوفانی ہے۔ |
| Alisha: You want to say it's windy. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم کیسا ہے؟ (five seconds) تیز ہوا ہے۔ |
| Alisha: You want to say it's raining. What would you say? |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم کیسا ہے؟ (five seconds) بارش ہو رہی ہے. |
| Alisha: You want to ask someone what the weather is like. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Syed: اسلام آباد میں موسم کیسا ہے؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 20. |
| Dialogue for LBL |
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