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Urdu for British Muslims
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Last edited by saufia; 05-01-2007 at 02:10 PM.
Sister Saufia
Kiya haal hai?mai bohod achey hu (unsure about this!)
even though Im not South Asian i do know some urdu words and phrases.
do you know urdu sis saufia?
'When i command you about something pertaining to your religion, do accept it for i do not attribute lies to Allah and when I'm expressing my own personal opinion, keep in mind that I am merely human being in this regard.'
--Prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h)--from Sahih Muslim--
Assalam-o-Alaikum,Originally Posted by scents of paradise
Sister Saufia
Kiya haal hai?
even though Im not South Asian i do know some urdu words and phrases.
do you know urdu sis saufia?
Actually, the sentence you spoke means "how are you?? i'm very well".
Urdu isn't that hard, its like Arabic, same letters(apart from the odd ones) and some words are the same too.
But Urdu is a wonderful language MashAllah, and many great works and poems have been written in it such as about Holy Prophet(SAW).
Wa Salaam
yes i knew its meaning lol i wasnt sure if its mai bohod achei hai..or mai bohod achey hu
'When i command you about something pertaining to your religion, do accept it for i do not attribute lies to Allah and when I'm expressing my own personal opinion, keep in mind that I am merely human being in this regard.'
--Prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h)--from Sahih Muslim--
Its, mai bohot achi(feminine) ho.
Or mai bohot acha(masculine) ho.
BUT, ham bohot achei(plural) ho is correct if you represent a group.
Also, in Urdu, we have the word, P. In Arabic i don't think its there. So how do you pronounce Pakistan in Arabic?? I heard its called "Bakistan".
Despite being a language that is easy to learn according to many, few resources in the English language for learning Urdu have been recommended by native speakers for doing so.
Sadly, that is true. I had to learn Urdu from my DAD due to few resources here.
i speak arabic, somali(fluent but not perfect), english..some malay words/phrases,eg
Apa Khabar?= how are you
khabar baik= im good/fine
boleh cekap melayu?= do you speak Malay?
sikit sikit= a little
& some urdu words and phrases because i had Indian friends in School and i also grew up on a steady diet of bolylwood movies
'When i command you about something pertaining to your religion, do accept it for i do not attribute lies to Allah and when I'm expressing my own personal opinion, keep in mind that I am merely human being in this regard.'
--Prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h)--from Sahih Muslim--
I HATE indian movies, bolywood, too obscene. I hate lollywood(Paki version) too, its just a copy of indian movies and is a bit obscene tooi speak arabic, somali(fluent but not perfect), english..some malay words/phrases,eg
Apa Khabar?= how are you
khabar baik= im good/fine
boleh cekap melayu?= do you speak Malay?
sikit sikit= a little
& some urdu words and phrases because i had Indian friends in School and i also grew up on a steady diet of bolylwood movies.
Urdu is not an easy language to learn, especially if you are a native English speaker. Urdu requires effort and practice to pick-up, especially the accent.
To make it even more tricky, Urdu incorporates masculine and feminine verb forms and adjectives and has an hierarchy of address which can change the way a sentence is constructed i.e. "aap", "tum", "tu" which all translate to "you" but in descending order of politeness.
Take away the masculine/feminine and hierarchy aspect and Urdu would be easy to master.
Alhamdulillah ala kulli haal
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