The teach me Urdu thread
Posted on Saturday, 1st September 2007 @ 11:21pm
This is for the urdu speaking members of the forum, please can u teach me urdu 
mom and dad screw at us kids for not speaking urdu, so i appeal to you guys. And please don't say go and read them urdu books, they do my heading in!
The basics of how to speak will do me fine.
JaazakAllah khayr.
10 May 2006
21 hours 22 min
Can't your parents / friends / relatives teach you?
4 April 2006
5 min 46 sec
relatives don't speak urdu, we all speak good ol' english! mom and dad wont teach me unless i read the damn urdu book which i hate! and as for urdu speaking friends.. errm, nah, don't want them taking the micky!
24 June 2005
3 min 4 sec
Lesson number 1 - Not urdu, but "hoar phir". For anyone from around Mirpur this is a hwole conversation in itself. It means "what else?".
I have the habit of saying that to anyone and everyone. Only those that know me know I say it in jest.
The enemy of my enemy is my... enemy.
4 April 2006
5 min 46 sec
LOL!
for a second i thought, what the hell is "hoar phir" haha
i thought them guys said "hoar kaer" not "phir", "kaer" sounds so much ruder.
21 November 2006
3 hours 24 min
i can't speak any urdu, my parents never taught me it!
i would, however, like to learn a simple, only-slightly-offensive insult to use on my friends.
the one i learnt in Bengali is 'Burronaq!' (dont know if i spelt it correctly)
Winter is the Springtime of the Muslim. Because Allah (swt) has made the nights long for worship, and the days short for fasting!
4 April 2006
5 min 46 sec
paki/bengi swear words sound so much ruder than the english ones, i hate it when asians swear in their language, it's disgusting!
21 November 2006
3 hours 24 min
i didn't mean swear words!
burronaq means 'big nose' (ask MuslimBro i fI'm right. otherwise i've been grossly offending everone. again.)
something like that. anyone?
Winter is the Springtime of the Muslim. Because Allah (swt) has made the nights long for worship, and the days short for fasting!
24 June 2005
3 min 4 sec
That does sound about right.
Urdu would be "Barra Naaq" for the same thing. Got any requests?
The enemy of my enemy is my... enemy.
4 April 2006
5 min 46 sec
admin, have you got a barra naaq? loool, that word is hi-larious!
24 June 2005
3 min 4 sec
barra = big
naaq = nose
qaan = ear/s
haath = hands.
Pown = feet (don't pronounce the "n". Just hint at it)
taang = leg.
angle = finger.
The enemy of my enemy is my... enemy.
21 November 2006
3 hours 24 min
ok, i'll start calling all my pakistani friends 'burro taang' now.
they'll like that.
Winter is the Springtime of the Muslim. Because Allah (swt) has made the nights long for worship, and the days short for fasting!
10 October 2005
2 hours 30 min
hang on let me get this straight your telling me that you dont speak any other language apart from english?
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
9 November 2005
9 weeks 2 days
never mind urdo, mirpuri the best laungauge in the world
itz like a pick n mix of gujrati, punjabi and urdo so wich ever words we like, we take lol
"ThiS WoRlD Iz A PrIsOn 4 A BeLiVeR AnD PaRaDiSe 4 A NoN-BeLiVeR.........."
10 October 2005
2 hours 30 min
lol for once i actually agree. You just cant go wrong
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
24 June 2005
2 weeks 6 days
But i dont think it sounds as good as urdu.
Alot of Mirpuri families I know insist on their kids speaking urdu rather than mirpuri.
I can handle clouds, but cant fight with an eclipse.
24 June 2005
2 hours 32 min
I absolutely disagree.
I don't see anything good in Mirpuri. It's rough, rugged and can be tongue-tying. I've yet to hear someone speak it poetically. And to make it worse Mirpuri can't be written - if it can it'll be a mission to read it.
It's difficlut to differentiate sarcasm from seriousness. Whenver someone is being serious they have to either shout or swear.
Urdu is much better. It's soft, poetic, and good to listen to.
24 June 2005
2 weeks 6 days
Isnt that what i said?
I can handle clouds, but cant fight with an eclipse.
24 June 2005
2 hours 32 min
To mikee ni sumjya.
24 June 2005
3 min 4 sec
Urdu is not a real spoken language though. It is way too formal.
The enemy of my enemy is my... enemy.
24 June 2005
2 weeks 6 days
I understand you perfectly thank u.
Urdu = poetic
Mirpuri = not so much.
Sure it is. Where've you been? When im at my relies house ... urdu... when im at my friends house i speak urdu to his parents as they speak it to their kids. Maybe its coz you dont get out much.
I can handle clouds, but cant fight with an eclipse.
24 June 2005
2 hours 32 min
On a plane back from Pakistan I was speaking to Supreme Court lawyer sitting next to me - like you do.
I started speaking in Urdu thinking that's probably what he speaks. Then my uncle came and spoke to him and they spoke in something not too dissimilar to Mirpuri.
24 June 2005
3 min 4 sec
I can speak totally fine urdu, thankyou very much. Though it has been said I sound like someone from Karachi in the speaking style. No idea if that is a compliment or an insult.
It can be spoken, and is. That does not stop it being a formal language.
The enemy of my enemy is my... enemy.
24 June 2005
2 hours 32 min
Formal is how that Fraud Online, I mean Aalim Online, speaks Urdu.
24 June 2005
3 min 4 sec
I have seen him once.
He... speaks... ... ... .. .. .. ve..ry .... .... .slo....wly.
The enemy of my enemy is my... enemy.
10 October 2005
2 hours 30 min
thats the thing about the mirpuri langauge its not intended to be polite
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
4 April 2006
5 min 46 sec
well kind of, i speak broken punjabi and that’s only when i have to speak it, but even then, i throw in a lot of english words. i just can't stand the language, it's so trampy.
24 June 2005
3 min 4 sec
It is far more nuanced than you might expect.
Like me. I can be extremely polite in my speaking. However if s person chooses to be obnoxious, they have a greater freedom than some other languages.
The enemy of my enemy is my... enemy.
10 October 2005
2 hours 30 min
its not that bad urdu is too posh (well in my view) and if you speak it round our end you just get takin the mick out of. Even i cant help but smile when somone speaks urdu its sounds so funny (to me) but then again ppl who speak urdu probs find the way i speak funny.
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
4 April 2006
5 min 46 sec
i personally think its more respectful to speak in urdu than punjabi. i end up dissing someone when speaking the little punjabi i no, and mum always tells me of for using disrespectful terms when referring to older people
i blame my mum and dad, it's their fault that they dint speak to us in urdu when we were little.
10 October 2005
2 hours 30 min
In that case you need to learn more polite words of punjabi. Its how you structure a sentence that makes all the difference. Think about it first (thats what i do) if it sounds orite then just say it if it dont just smile and nod lol.
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy