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INTRODUCTION
John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to UrduPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner, Season 1 Lesson 9 - Talking About Where You Live in Urdu. I’m John.
Afrah: Assalam u alaikum, I'm Afrah.
John: In this lesson you'll learn how to ask and answer the question "Where do you live?" in Urdu. The conversation takes place on a bus.
Afrah: This conversation is between Ali and Anita who happen to sit next to each other.
John: Since they are strangers and do not know each other, they will be using formal Urdu.
Afrah: Let's listen to their conversation.
LESSON DIALOGUE
علی: آپ کہاں رہتی ہیں؟
انیتا: میں اسلام آباد میں رہتی ہوں.
علی: آپ اکیلی رہتی ہیں؟
انیتا: نہیں، میں اپنی والده اور والد کے ساتھ رہتی ہوں.
John: Now let's listen to the same conversation at a slow speed.
Ali : aap kahan rehti hain?
ANITAA: main islamabad mein rehti hun.
Ali: aap akeli rehti hain?
ANITAA: nahin, main apne walidah walid ky saath rehti hun.
John: Now, let's listen to the conversation with the English translation.
علی: آپ کہاں رہتی ہیں؟
John: Where do you live?
انیتا: میں اسلام آباد میں رہتی ہوں.
John:I live in Islamabad.
علی: آپ اکیلی رہتی ہیں؟
John: Do you live alone?
انیتا: نہیں، میں اپنی والده اور والد کے ساتھ رہتی ہوں.
John: No, I live with my mother and father.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Afrah: You know John, most foreigners are surprised to hear that I also still live with my parents.
John: Well, that's because in Western countries kids leave the house as soon as they are able to!
Afrah: I guess in a lot of Asian countries, you see children still living with their parents even if they are thirty years old, even if they are working and are fully independent.
John: Women in Pakistan live with their parents until they're married, after which they move in with their husband's family, while men continue living with their parents and their wife.
Afrah: Yes, the joint family system is very common in Pakistan.
John: That's why you know in the early days and, well, even now in some places, families prize sons over daughters.
Afrah: Because they consider daughters to eventually become part of another household whereas sons would remain with them and hopefully look after them in their old age.
John: I'm so glad attitudes have changed, or at least are changing slowly.
Afrah: Yes, me too.
John: Okay, now let’s move on to the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
John: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is..
Afrah: کے ساتھ[natural native speed]
John: with
Afrah: kay saa-th[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: kay saath[natural native speed]
John: Next we have..
Afrah: میں [natural native speed]
John: at, in
Afrah: me-in [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: mein [natural native speed]
John: Next we have..
Afrah: اکیلی [natural native speed]
John: alone, single
Afrah: ake-li [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: akeli [natural native speed]
John: Next we have..
Afrah: والده [natural native speed]
John: mother
Afrah: wa-li-dah [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: walidah [natural native speed]
John: Next we have..
Afrah: والد [natural native speed]
John: father
Afrah: wa-lid [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: walid [natural native speed]
John: Next we have..
Afrah: اسلام آباد [natural native speed]
John: Islamabad
Afrah: isl-lama-bad [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: islamabad [natural native speed]
John: Next we have..
Afrah: کہاں [natural native speed]
John: where
Afrah: ka-han [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: kahan [natural native speed]
John: Next we have..
Afrah: آپ [natural native speed]
John: you (formal)
Afrah: aap [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: aap [natural native speed]
John: Next we have..
Afrah: رہتی [natural native speed]
John: to live
Afrah: reh-ti [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: rehti [natural native speed]
John: And last..
Afrah: اپنے [natural native speed]
John: one’s own
Afrah: ap-nay [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Afrah: apnay [natural native speed]
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
John: Now, let's look at at some of the words that came up in the conversation in detail. The word "alone," which in Urdu is…
Afrah: اکیلی
John: ...Is used only if you are a female or talking about a female subject that is either one or many in number.
Afrah: And you use اکیلا if you are a male or are talking about a male subject. Just a single male subject.
John: What about for a group of males?
Afrah: you use اکیلے if you are a group of males or are talking about many male subjects.
John: Okay, so if you are a female and you want to say, "I live alone," then you would say…,
Afrah: میں اکیلی رہتی ہوں. Where میں means "I,", اکیلی means "alone,", رہتی means "live," and ہوں means "am."
John: So literally you're saying, "I alone live am," but it translates as "I live alone."
Afrah: That’s right.
John: Okay, let’s move on to the next sentence. What would you say if you were a male and wanted to say, "I live alone"?
Afrah: You'd say میں اکیلا رہتا ہوں
Afrah: Did you notice that both اکیلی and رہتی used by a female changed into اکیلا and رہتا when used by a male?
John: Yes, I did!
Afrah: And finally if you are a group of males or a group of mixed gender, you would use اکیلے and رہتے.
John: So the sentence would be…
Afrah: ہم اکیلے رہتے ہیں. Where ہم means "we,", اکیلے means "alone,", رہتے means "live," and ہیں means "are.".
John: Literally, you're saying "we alone live are," but it translates as "we live alone." Now let’s move on to the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

John: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question "where do you live?" in Urdu.
Afrah: This question is a bit tricky because you need to adjust the question depending on whether you're asking a male or a female.
John: In Urdu, verbs must agree with both the gender and the number of the subjects.
Afrah: So in this sentence, the verb "to live," which in Urdu is رہنا, changes accordingly.
John: For a single female, or a group of females, you say…
Afrah: رہتی.
John: And for a group of males, you say…
Afrah: رہتے.
John: So when asking a male, you'd say…
Afrah: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟. Where. آپ is a formal "you,", کہاں means "where,", رہتے means "live," and ہیں means "are."?
John: So literally you would be saying, "You where live are?" which translates as "Where are you living?" or rather, "Where do you live?"
Afrah: Right!
John: And to a female you would ask…,
Afrah: آپ کہاں رہتی.ہیں؟
John: Okay, let's practice this one more time. We'll also say it slowly so that you can hear every syllable. Ready? Okay, "Where do you live" asked to a female is…
Afrah: آپ کہاں رہتی ہیں؟ " aap kahan rehti hain?" "aap ka-han reh-ti ha-in," " aap kahan rehti hain?"
John: Asked to a male is…
Afrah: آپ کہاں رہتے ہیں؟ "aap kahan rehtay hain," "aap ka-han reh-tay ha-in," "aap kahan rehtay hain”.
John: Now, you need to be able to answer this. As you might have already guessed, the answers will be slightly different for a male and a female. Let's imagine that we want to say "I live in Pakistan." So, if you are a female, you'd say…
Afrah: میں پاکستان میں رہتی ہوں
John: If you are a male you'd say…
Afrah: میں پاکستان میں رہتا ہوں Here, میں means "I,", پاکستان is "Pakistan,", میں means "in," , رہتی means "live" when used by a female, and رہتا means "live" when said by a male, and ہوں means "am."
John: So literally it means, "I Pakistan in live am," which translates as "I live in Pakistan."
Afrah: Right. The only difference is between رہتی and رہتا. رہتا for male and رہتی for female.
John: If you wanted to say "We live in Pakistan,", you'd say,
Afrah: ہم پاکستان میں رہتے ہیں Here ہم means "we,", پاکستان is "Pakistan", میں means "in,", رہتے means "live" ," and ہیں means "are.".
John: So literally it is "We Pakistan in live are."
Afrah: Note that the verb "live" for a group of people changed to رہتے
Afrah: Okay, let's do one last example.
John: Sure, how would you say, "I live in Japan" if you were a guy?
Afrah: You'd say, میں جاپان میں رہتا ہوں
John: And for a female?
Afrah: …میں جاپان میں رہتی ہوں

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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