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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Hi everyone. I’m Eric, and welcome back to UrduPod101.com. This is pronunciation series, Lesson 2 - The Pronunciation of Urdu Consonants, Part 2.
Afrah: Hi everyone, Afrah here.
Eric: Listeners, did you practice the sounds you learned in lesson 1?
Afrah: Well we hope you did. We have a lot more sounds for you this time!
Eric: So let’s do this together.

Lesson focus
Eric: Here we go. Let’s take a look at the remaining 20 consonants
Afrah:Okay. We have [ص] as in [Soum] [صوم] which means “third”
Eric: What’s next?
Afrah: Next is [ض] as in [Zaeef][ضعیف]
Eric: Which means “old” . The next sound is
Afrah: [ط] as in [tota] [طوطا]
Eric: Which means “parrot”.
Afrah: The next is [ظ] as in [zil] [ظل]
Eric: Which means “shade”.
Afrah: Next is [ع] as in [Urooj] [عروج]
Eric: Which means “height”.
Afrah:The next one is [غ] as in [Ghubarah][غبارا].
Eric: Which means “balloon.” Next is
Afrah: [ف] as in [fasilah] [فاصلہ]
Eric: Which means “distance”
Afrah: That’s correct. Next we have [ق] as [Qainchi] [قینچی]
Eric: Which means “scissors”.
Afrah: Yup, and next is [ک] as in [kitab][کتاب]
Eric: Which means “book” [کتاب], and next we have
Afrah: [گ] as in [ghora] which means “horse” [گهوڑا].
Eric: So what’s the next one?
Afrah: The next one is [ل] as in [lal][لال].
Eric: Which means “red” .
Eric: And the next consonant is
Afrah: [م] as in [malta][مالٹا]
Eric: Which means “orange” . The next consonant is
Afrah: Next is [ن] as in [namak][نمک]. So Eric, can you guess what [namak] means?
Eric: “Salt”?
Afrah: That’s right!
Eric: Next is
Afrah: [ں] as in [hain][ہیں]
Eric: Which means “are” and next is
Afrah: [و] as in [War][وار]
Eric: Which means “attack”. Next we have
Afrah: [ه] as in [bhook][بهوک]
Eric: Which means “hunger”. Next is
Afrah: [ی] as in [gehri][گہری]
Eric: Which means “deep” . Okay, what is the last consonant, Afrah?
Afrah: The last one is [ے] such as [sootay][سوتے] which means “sleeping” .
Eric: Now you know all the 38 Urdu consonants, listeners! I think they are not that difficult to remember.
Afrah:Just try listening and pronouncing them, and I am sure it will be a lot of fun!

Outro
Eric: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thanks for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time!
Afrah: Goodbye. [Phr milenge]

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