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Lās ( Ł ) are typically pronounced as anĀ ārlā sound when they are in the middle of a word
Hai ( ŪŪ ) is pronounced likeĀ āheyā and notĀ āhiā
Aās ( Ų§ ) are pronounced asĀ āuhā regardless of where they are in the word, unless the letter is ( Ų¢ ), and it would be pronounced as a longĀ āahā ( Ų¢ is pretty much always used at the beginning of a word)
basic grammar/conjugations:
in urdu, infinitive (non-conjugated) verbs always carry the verb ending ŁŲ§ (na). when you are changing the tense of a verb or are asking a question, you would drop theĀ ŁŲ§ (na) ending and replace it with the correct verb ending.Ā
All such verbs in their basic forms function to mean/represent an act of doing, happening, or being in a state. This is the most basic definition of a verb in Urdu.Ā
the following are the most basic verb tenses- present, past, and future. for the present tense, you drop the ŁŲ§ (na) ending in a verb and add ŲŖŲ§ ŪŪ (ta hai) or ŲŖŪ ŪŪ (ti hai), which are the masculine and feminine verb endings (urdu is a gendered language, much like french or spanish), respectively. you complete the same steps with the past and future tenses, which are below. using the verbs mentioned above as examples, see how the verbs are conjugated (i will use masculine verbs throughout the post, but you can use feminine ending using the same steps):
***IMPORTANT NOTE/EDIT: the conjugated urdu script is not properly connected in this post because I do not personally have access to an urdu keyboard (i am working on it tho), so please make sure that the conjugations are always connected to the root of the word when writing in urdu. coincidentally, the separation actually makes the conjugations more clear but plewse refer to the examples in the very beginning of this post to see what the conjugations should actually look like when properly written (i copy/pasted the script for those so that is in fact the correct way)!***
Summary: for basic future tense, drop theĀ ŁŲ§ (na) infinitive and add ŚÆŲ§/ŚÆŪ (ga) / (gi)
QUICK TIP: usually you will be able to tell if a verb was conjugated as masculine or feminine because masculine endings almost end withĀ āaā or theĀ āahā sound while feminine endings useĀ āiā or theĀ āeeā sound. for example, the verb conjugationĀ āwill eatā is khaga (m.) vs. khagi (f.) ā just one of many example with theĀ āahā vsĀ āeeā sound when it comes to masculine vs. feminine.Ā
sentence structures in urdu
english typically uses the subject + verb + object (svo) sentence pattern, while urdu uses a subject + object+ verb (sov) sentence pattern. hereās a quick example of the urdu sentence structure:
i highly recommend going through this list and just conjugating them in a notebook using the information above! after that you would pretty much have a solid chunk of the everyday, simple spoken language down when it comes to verbs :) the verbs on this list are some of the most used one a day-to-day basis!
hope this post helped provide a solid introduction to urdu verbs! more urdu content is yet to come but in the meantime let me know what else you guys want to see, whether itās urdu or other languages!
starting an urdu series similar to the french crash courses iāve made, but they will be more expansive! here is a short list of some animals in urdu! i will be posting more urdu content soon that will dive into some important basics, such as grammar and figures of speech! feel free to ask me any questions or let me know if u have specific requests for content :)
also added french translations! i left out articles such as un/une and le/la so donāt forget those when you are creating phrases and sentences!
i can add many more animals, but these were the most commonly used when it comes to hearing it in everyday life while growing up and hearing urdu around me! iāll probably make a part 2 once iāve created a good amount of urdu content- i figured i should post more to take advantage of my knowledge of it and help those learning! i know especially on here there is a huge drought in content surrounding south asian languages-so iām hoping posts like these will help a little :)
also, urdu is a very sound-driven language, so donāt forget to look up audios of people speaking the words out loud! the transliterated version of urdu can be difficult to digest if u donāt already speak it since the spelling doesnt always do it justice so it can get confusing if u donāt have audio guidance!
wagairah wagairah- ankur tewari, the ghalat family (hindi)
paris latino- bandolero (spanish, french)
dress down- kaoru akimoto (japanese)
siren- sunmi (korean)
love in portofino- dalida (italian, french)
after i post some urdu content, ill probably catch up on some of the other languages ive been behind on and havent given much attention to, especially as i myself am working on getting back into serious language-learning after a longgg time
creating this bc i have to take an advanced french course and i just realized that i dont really know this ~important tense~ and creating posts helps me learn :)
purpose of P.S: expresses past action or event (like P.C.)
steps to create a word in P.S.:Ā
drop the root of the ver (drop -er, -ir, -re)
add P.S. root (see list below for -er, -ir, re, basically the plural form of each verb are the only ones that are unfamiliar)
examples: il aida les filles avec ses devoirs. aprĆØs son aide, elles finirent ses devoirs.Ā
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: verbs ending in -cer becomeĀ āƧā in the passe simple.Ā Verbs ending in āger change āg to āge before āa (basically if a word already has a soft consonant, KEEP IT!Ā
IRREGULAR VERBS: with irregular verbs, as usual, it gets a little funky. you have to consider both a different verb ending as well as different roots for SOME of the verbs (most of them follow imparfait/conditionnel, but a few are different- you donāt necessarily need to memorize them, just recognize them when they show up in a text and such because it can easily be mixed up with something like the future tense if you donāt consider context hard enough)Ā
IRREGULAR ENDINGS (most common):Ā
IRREGULAR ROOTS LIST:Ā
as you can see, there are a lot of familiar elements in the passe simple, which makes you see why P.C. is that much easier logically since a lot of the irregular verbs are also used in not only P.C. but also other tenses. for the weird word roots i think itās be easiest to make flash cards to memorize them, but honestly i think the most important part of the tense is just simply recognizing and understanding it, since i guess that not a lot of people actually use it in their day to day language.Ā
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check out the app/software called notion! itās completely free linked hereĀ !!Ā
itās like dropbox in that its very clean and neat but so much better because it has customizable layout and itās specifically for planning and organizing virtually everything in your life.Ā
itās REALLY helped me so far and iāve only been using it for 2 days and typically i have *shit* organizationĀ
Welcome back! For ideas,, perhaps some contents for those who're learning or want to learn urdu?
yess definitely! i need to get back into urdu myself since itās my father tongue lol, winter break will allow me to tune out regular school for a bit so now i can actually take time to catch up on languages :))Ā
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