Learn the question Where do you live? in Urdu and how to answer it
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| Alisha: Top 25 Urdu Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 3: "Where do you live?" 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 "Where do you live?" In Urdu this is... |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ |
| Alisha: The first word of 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: کہاں |
| Alisha: meaning "where" |
| Hamza: (slowly) کہاں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: کہاں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Hamza: رہتے |
| Alisha: meaning "live" |
| Hamza: (slowly) رہتے |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: رہتے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And last is... |
| Hamza: ہیں |
| Alisha: meaning "do" |
| Hamza: (slowly) ہیں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: ہیں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: You’ll hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "Where do you live?" |
| Hamza: .میں نیو یارک میں رہتا ہوں |
| Alisha: "I live in New York." The phrase will be repeated, slowly. Listen again and repeat the phrase. |
| Hamza: (Slow) .میں نیو یارک میں رہتا 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: Next is... |
| Hamza: نیو یارک |
| Alisha: meaning "New York." |
| Hamza: (slowly) نیو یارک |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: نیو یارک |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Hamza: میں |
| Alisha: meaning "in" |
| Hamza: (slowly) میں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: میں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Hamza: رہتا |
| Alisha: meaning "live" |
| Hamza: (slowly) رہتا |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: رہتا |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And last is... |
| Hamza: ہوں |
| Alisha: meaning "am" |
| Hamza: (slowly) ہوں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: ہوں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say "I live in New York." and then repeat. |
| Hamza: .میں نیو یارک میں رہتا ہوں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: To expand on the pattern, replace "New York" with "London." |
| Hamza: لندن |
| Alisha: "London" |
| Hamza: (slow) لندن (regular) لندن |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "London." |
| Hamza: .میں لندن میں رہتا ہوں |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same, you just have to replace "New York." Now say "I live in London." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: .میں لندن میں رہتا ہوں |
| Alisha: For more practice, replace "London" with "Islamabad." |
| Hamza: اسلام آباد |
| Alisha: "Islamabad" |
| Hamza: (slow) اسلام آباد (regular) اسلام آباد |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "Islamabad." |
| Hamza: میں اسلام آباد میں رہتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Again, it mostly stays the same. Simply replace "London" with "Islamabad." Say, "I live in Islamabad." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: میں اسلام آباد میں رہتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Let’s try one more. Replace "Islamabad" with "Tokyo." |
| Hamza: ٹوکیو |
| Alisha: "Tokyo" |
| Hamza: (slow) ٹوکیو (regular) ٹوکیو |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "Tokyo." |
| Hamza: میں ٹوکیو میں رہتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Again, all you have to do is replace "Islamabad" with "Tokyo." Say "I live in Tokyo." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: میں ٹوکیو میں رہتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Pakistan and someone asks you where you live. You live in New York. How would you respond? |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ (five seconds) .میں نیو یارک میں رہتا ہوں |
| Alisha: Imagine you live in Tokyo. Respond to the question. |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ (five seconds) میں ٹوکیو میں رہتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Now imagine you live in Islamabad. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ (five seconds) میں اسلام آباد میں رہتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Imagine you live in London. How would you answer? |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ (five seconds) .میں لندن میں رہتا ہوں |
| Alisha: Now you want to ask that person where they live. Ask them the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Hamza: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Could you answer any of these questions on your own? Keep practicing until you’ve mastered the phrase! This is the end of Lesson 3. |
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