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INTRODUCTION
John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to UrduPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner, Season 1 Lesson 20 - Making Your Apologies in Urdu. I’m John.
Afrah: Assalam u alaikum, I'm Afrah.
John: In this lesson you'll learn how to apologize in Urdu.
Afrah: The conversation takes place on a street.
John: It's between Ali and Sarah.
Afrah: They’re neighbors but aren’t too familiar with each other, so they’ll be using formal Urdu.
John: Let's listen to their conversation.

Lesson conversation

علی: آپ کے پاس ابھی وقت ہے؟
سارہ: معافی چاہتی ہوں لیکن میں جلدی میں ہوں.
علی: کوئی بات نہیں.
سارہ: معافی چاہتی ہوں! مجهے اپنی ساس کے لئے رات کا کھانا پکانا ہے.
John: Now let's listen to the same conversation at a slow speed.
علی: آپ کے پاس ابھی وقت ہے؟
سارہ: معافی چاہتی ہوں لیکن میں جلدی میں ہوں.
علی: کوئی بات نہیں.
سارہ: معافی چاہتی ہوں! مجهے اپنی ساس کے لئے رات کا کھانا پکانا ہے.
John: Let's now listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Ali: Aap ky pas abhi waqt hai?
John: "Do you have time right now?"
Sarah: Mafi chahti hun lekin mei jaldi mei hun.
John: "I’m really sorry, but I’m in a hurry."
Ali: koi baaT nahin.
John: "No problem."
Sarah: Mafi chahti hun! Mujhe apni saas ke liye raaT ka khana pakana hai.
John: "I'm really sorry! I have to cook dinner for my mother-in-law."
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Afrah: Some of you listeners might be thinking that this is a random scenario.
John: Actually this is a typical living situation in Pakistan, where the wife lives with her husband's entire family.
Afrah: And sometimes, if the family has brothers, you can even find them living under the same roof with all their wives, children, and parents.
John: In such households, the husband's mother and father are the authoritative figures; and the daughters-in-law have to do most of the household chores.
Afrah: This joint family system is practiced in many places in Pakistan. Of course, more and more families in cities are becoming nuclear, that is, just the immediate family.
John: In a way, I think the joint family system is really nice because it makes the family atmosphere much more social, you know?
Afrah: Yes, I think both ways have their benefits.
VOCAB LIST
John: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is...
Afrah: آپ کے [natural native speed]
John: your
Afrah: aap ky [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: aap ky [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Afrah: پاس [natural native speed]
John: with [natural native speed]
Afrah: pas [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: pas [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Afrah: مجهے [natural native speed]
John: I
Afrah: mujhay [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: mujhay [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Afrah:معافی چاہتی ہوں [natural native speed]
John: sorry
Afrah: mafi chahti hun [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: mafi chahti hun [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Afrah: جلدی [natural native speed]
John: to hurry
Afrah: jaldi [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: jaldi [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Afrah: کوئی بات نہیں [natural native speed]
John: no problem, no worries
Afrah: koi baat nahin [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: koi baat nahin [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Afrah: ساس [natural native speed]
John: mother-in-law
Afrah: saas [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: saas [natural native speed]
John: Lastly we have...
Afrah: رات کا کھانا [natural native speed]
John: dinner
Afrah: raat ka khana [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: raat ka khana [natural native speed]
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
John: Let's now look at some of these words in more detail.
Afrah: ساس means "mother-in-law."
John: And your "father-in-law" would be...
Afrah: سسر .
John: Next we have the word for “I.”
Afrah: مجهے
John: Now for the final word. We'll look at the Urdu word for "dinner," which is…
Afrah: رات کا کھانا, which is singular, and رات کے کھانے, which is the plural form.
John: Can you explain the meaning of the words in this phrase?
Afrah: Sure. Here, رات means "night," کا and کے mean "of," and کھانا or کھانے mean "food." So literally it means, "food of the night."

Lesson focus

John: Now let’s learn how to say "apologize" in Urdu, and also how to respond to people's apologies.
Afrah: The most useful phrase in Urdu is معافی چاہتا ہوں if you’re a male. And معافی چاہتی ہوں if you’re a female.
John: It can be used in many ways. You can use it to say "Excuse me," as in "Excuse me, where is the market?"
Afrah:معافی چاہتی ہوں، بازار کہاں ہے؟
John: Let's practice this phrase. We'll say it first at natural speed and then a little slowly.
Afrah: میں معافی چاہتی ہوں, میں معافی چاہتی ہوں
John: There are many ways you can apologize in Urdu. Let's go over some of them.
Afrah: One commonly used phrase is مجهے افسوس ہے
John: Which simply means "I’m sorry."
Afrah: You can also add the word بہت, which means "very" to say, "I’m very sorry.” مجهے بہت افسوس ہے.
John: The word for "forgive" in Urdu is…
Afrah: معافی or معاف.
John: So you can also say "Please forgive me" by saying…
Afrah: مجھے معاف کر دیں or مہربانی فرما کر مجھے معاف کر دیں.
John: What’s the Urdu word for “please?”
Afrah: مہربانی فرما کر [slowly]مہربانی فرما کر
John: But knowing how to apologize isn't enough. You also need to know how to respond when someone else apologizes. So, if you want to say something like "It's not a problem” or “It doesn't matter," you say…
Afrah: کوئی مسئلہ نہیں
John: Another simple one is "It's okay," which in Urdu is…
Afrah: ٹهیک ہے
John: So now, listeners, do you think you can easily apologize in Urdu and respond to people's apologies?
Afrah: Well, of course you’ll need to practice these phrases, but we hope you’ll be able to soon.

Outro

John: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Afrah: Shukriya aur phir milenge!

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