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| Introduction |
| Alisha: Welcome to 3-Minute Urdu, Lesson 16 - Asking Directions In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and understand basic directions in Urdu. |
| Body |
| Alisha: Here's the way to ask 'Where is the station?' in Urdu. |
| Syed: [Normal] سٹیشن کہاں ہے؟ (Steshan kahan hai?) |
| Alisha: First is a word meaning 'station' |
| Syed: [Normal] سٹیشن [Slow] سٹیشن (steshan) |
| Alisha: Next is the word meaning 'where' |
| Syed: [Normal] کہاں [Slow] کہاں (kahan) |
| Alisha: Last is the word meaning 'is' |
| Syed: [Normal] ہے [Slow] ہے (hai) |
| Alisha: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Where is the station?' |
| Syed: [Slow] سٹیشن کہاں ہے؟ [Normal] سٹیشن کہاں ہے؟ |
| Alisha: Here's a response meaning 'Go straight.' |
| Syed: [Normal] سیدھے جائیں۔ (Seedhay jaein.) |
| Alisha: First is a word meaning 'straight' |
| Syed: [Normal] سیدھے [Slow] سیدھے (seedhay) |
| Alisha: Last is the word meaning 'go' |
| Syed: [Normal] جائیں [Slow] جائیں (jaein) |
| Alisha: Listen again to the response meaning 'Go straight.' |
| Syed: [Slow] سیدھے جائیں۔ [Normal] سیدھے جائیں۔ |
| Alisha: Here's a response meaning 'Turn right.' |
| Syed: [Normal] دائیں مڑیں۔ (Daaein murain.) |
| Alisha: First is a word meaning 'right' |
| Syed: [Normal] دائیں [Slow] دائیں (daaein) |
| Alisha: Last is the word meaning 'turn' |
| Syed: [Normal] مڑیں [Slow] مڑیں (murain) |
| Alisha: Listen again to the response, 'Turn right.' |
| Syed: [Slow] دائیں مڑیں۔ [Normal] دائیں مڑیں۔ |
| Alisha: Here's a response meaning, 'Turn left.' |
| Syed: [Normal] بائیں مڑیں۔ (Baaein murain.) |
| Alisha: First is a word meaning 'left' |
| Syed: [Normal] بائیں [Slow] بائیں (baaein) |
| Alisha: Last is the word meaning 'turn' |
| Syed: [Normal] مڑیں [Slow] مڑیں (murain) |
| Alisha: Listen again to the response, 'Turn left.' |
| Syed: [Slow] بائیں مڑیں۔ [Normal] بائیں مڑیں۔ |
| Cultural Insight |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. Pakistani people are very polite and cooperative with giving directions to non-natives. Sometimes, you may find a person who can direct you in English as well but it is imperative to know the important words regarding directions that we introduced in this lesson. |
Outro |
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| Alisha: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Syed: !الوداع (alwida!) |
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