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| Alisha: Top 25 Urdu Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 6: "How long have you been studying 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 "How long have you been studying Urdu?" In Urdu this is... |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو پڑھ رہے 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: کب سے |
| Alisha: meaning "how long" |
| Hamza: (Slow) کب سے |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: کب سے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Hamza: اردو |
| Alisha: meaning "Urdu" |
| Hamza: (Slow) اردو |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: اردو |
| {Pause} |
| Hamza: Listen to the first four words of the question and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Hamza: پڑھ رہے |
| Alisha: meaning "studying" |
| Hamza: (Slow) پڑھ رہے |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: پڑھ رہے |
| {Pause} |
| Hamza: Listen to the first six words of the question and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو پڑھ رہے |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: And last ... |
| Hamza: ہیں |
| Alisha: meaning "have" |
| Hamza: (Slow) ہیں |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: ہیں |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو پڑھ رہے 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 long have you been studying Urdu?" |
| Hamza: .ایک ماہ سے |
| Alisha: "For one month." Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Hamza: (Slow) .ایک ماہ سے |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Hamza: ایک ماہ |
| Alisha: meaning "one month" |
| Hamza: (Slow) ایک ماہ |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: ایک ماہ |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And last, |
| Hamza: سے |
| Alisha: meaning "for." |
| Hamza: (Slow) سے |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Hamza: سے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say "For one month." and then repeat. |
| Hamza: .ایک ماہ سے |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: For more practice, let’s replace "one month" with "two years." |
| Hamza: دو سال |
| Alisha: "two years" |
| Hamza: (slow) دو سال (regular) دو سال |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "two years." |
| Hamza: .دو سال سے |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same, we just replace "one month" with "two years." Now say, "For two years." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: .دو سال سے |
| Alisha: To make another phrase, replace "two years" with "five years." |
| Hamza: پانچ سال |
| Alisha: "five years" |
| Hamza: (slow) پانچ سال (regular) پانچ سال |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "five years." |
| Hamza: .پانچ سال سے |
| Alisha: Again, we simply replace "two years" with "five years." Now say, "For five years." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: .پانچ سال سے |
| Alisha: Now let’s replace "five years" with "a couple of years." |
| Hamza: کچھ سالوں |
| Alisha: "a couple of years" |
| Hamza: (slow) کچھ سالوں (regular) کچھ سالوں |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "a couple of years." |
| Hamza: .کچھ سالوں سے |
| Alisha: Again, it’s almost the same, we just replace "five years" with "a couple of years." Now say "For a couple of years." |
| {pause} |
| Hamza: .کچھ سالوں سے |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Pakistan and someone asks you how long you’ve been studying Urdu. You’ve been studying it for one month. How would you answer? |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو پڑھ رہے ہیں؟ (five seconds) .ایک ماہ سے |
| Alisha: Imagine you've been studying it for a couple of years. Respond to the question. |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو پڑھ رہے ہیں؟ (five seconds) .کچھ سالوں سے |
| Alisha: Imagine you've been studying it for five years. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو پڑھ رہے ہیں؟ (five seconds) .پانچ سال سے |
| Alisha: Imagine you've been studying it for two years. How would you answer? |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو پڑھ رہے ہیں؟ (five seconds) .دو سال سے |
| Alisha: Now you want to ask someone how long they’ve been studying Urdu. Ask them the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Hamza: آپ کب سے اردو پڑھ رہے ہیں؟ |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 6. |
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