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| Alisha: Top 25 Urdu Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 5: "Do you speak Urdu?" 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 "Do you speak Urdu?" In Urdu this is... |
| Hamza: کیا آپ اردو بولتے ہیں؟ |
| Alisha: The first word of the question is... |
| Hamza: کیا |
| Alisha: meaning "do" in English. |
| Hamza: (Slow) کیا |
| Alisha: Listen again and repeat. |
| Hamza: کیا |
| {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: آپ |
| Alisha: meaning "you" |
| Hamza: (Slow) آپ |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Hamza: کیا آپ |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Hamza: اردو |
| Alisha: meaning "Urdu" |
| Hamza: (Slow) اردو |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: اردو |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And last is... |
| Hamza: بولتے ہیں |
| Alisha: meaning "speak" |
| Hamza: (Slow) بولتے ہیں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: بولتے ہیں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Hamza: کیا آپ اردو بولتے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: You’ll hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "Do you speak Urdu?" |
| Hamza: .جی، تھوڑی سی |
| Alisha: "Yes, a bit." Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Hamza: (Slow) .جی، تھوڑی سی |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Hamza: جی |
| Alisha: meaning "yes" |
| Hamza: (Slow) جی |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: جی |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And the next is... |
| Hamza: تھوڑی سی |
| Alisha: meaning "a bit." |
| Hamza: (Slow) تھوڑی سی |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: تھوڑی سی |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say "Yes, a bit." and then repeat. |
| Hamza: .جی، تھوڑی سی |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: To use a different phrase, let’s replace "a bit" with "fluently." |
| Hamza: روانی سے |
| Alisha: "fluently" |
| Hamza: (slow) روانی سے (regular) روانی سے |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "fluently." |
| Hamza: .جی، روانی سے |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same, we just replace "a bit" with "fluently." Now say "Yes, fluently." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: .جی، روانی سے |
| Alisha: For more practice, let’s replace "fluently" with "I speak Urdu." |
| Hamza: میں اردو بولتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: "I speak Urdu" |
| Hamza: (slow) میں اردو بولتا ہوں۔ (regular) میں اردو بولتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "I speak Urdu." |
| Hamza: جی، میں اردو بولتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Again, it mostly stays the same. Simply replace "fluently" with "I speak Urdu." Now say, "Yes, I speak Urdu." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: جی، میں اردو بولتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Now let’s replace "I speak Urdu" with "a tiny bit." |
| Hamza: .بہت تھوڑی سی |
| Alisha: "a tiny bit" |
| Hamza: (slow) .بہت تھوڑی سی (regular) .بہت تھوڑی سی |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "a tiny bit." |
| Hamza: .جی، بہت تھوڑی سی |
| Alisha: Here we simply replaced "I speak Urdu" with "a tiny bit." Now say "Yes, a tiny bit." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: .جی، بہت تھوڑی سی |
| Hamza: To say "no" in a simple way, just say |
| Hamza: نہیں ، میں نہیں۔ |
| Hamza: This is like saying "No, I don't" in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| Hamza: (Slowly) نہیں ، میں نہیں۔ |
| Hamza: And one more time at normal speed. |
| Hamza: نہیں ، میں نہیں۔ |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Pakistan and someone asks you if you speak Urdu. You want to answer that you speak a bit. Respond to the question. |
| Hamza: کیا آپ اردو بولتے ہیں؟ (five seconds) .جی، تھوڑی سی |
| Alisha: Now you want to answer that you speak a tiny bit. How would you answer? |
| Hamza: کیا آپ اردو بولتے ہیں؟ (five seconds) .جی، بہت تھوڑی سی |
| Alisha: You want to answer that you speak Urdu. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Hamza: کیا آپ اردو بولتے ہیں؟ (five seconds) جی، میں اردو بولتا ہوں۔ |
| Alisha: Now you want to answer that you speak fluently. How will you respond? |
| Hamza: کیا آپ اردو بولتے ہیں؟ (five seconds).جی، روانی سے |
| Alisha: Now you want to ask someone if they speak Urdu. Ask them the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Hamza: کیا آپ اردو بولتے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Hamza: کیا آپ اردو بولتے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 5. |
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