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INTRODUCTION
This lesson is very straightforward as we're going to cover counting from zero through ten. Let's jump right in.
BODY
I’ll say numbers in English first, then Urdu. Let’s start.
“zero.”
(slow) sifar
sifar
“one”
(slow) Aik
Aik
“two”
(slow) dou
dou
“three”
(slow) teen
teen
“four”
(slow) chaar
chaar
“five”
(slow) panch
panch
“six”
(slow) chay
chay
“seven”
(slow) saat
saat
“eight”
(slow) aath
aath
“nine”
(slow) now
now
“ten”
(slow) das
das
When you read a number with an object, for example, “three tomatoes,” the number comes first in Urdu, just like in English. In Urdu, “three tomatoes” is teen tamatar. “three tomatoes.”
(slow) teen tamatar
teen tamatar
Teen is the Urdu number “three” and we have the noun tamatar, meaning “tomatoes.” In Urdu, tamatar is used as singular as well as plural.
If you want to say "four tomatoes," you should say char tamatar.
(slow) char tamatar.
char tamatar.
Numbers can be very useful, especially when you’re shopping in Pakistan.
Let's imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. For example, imagine you would like to buy two shawls from the capital city Islamabad.
Say "I would like to buy two shawls." In Urdu, you can say Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga.
(slow) Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga.
Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga.
First we have Mei meaning “I.”
(slow) Mei
Mei
Then we have the number dou meaning “two.”
(slow) dou
dou
It’s followed by shawlein which is the plural form of “shawl”
(slow) shawlein
shawlein
And at the end, we have the verb meaning “to buy” which is kharidna chahu ga in Urdu.
(slow) kharidna chahu ga
kharidna chahu ga
Altogether, once again, "I would like to buy two shawls." in Urdu is..
(slow) Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga.
Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu ga.
This is how a man would say it. If you are a woman, you have to replace ga with gi.
(slow) Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu gi.
Mei dou shawlein kharidna chahu gi.
Instead of two shawls, you can make a sentence about “two t-shirts.” in Urdu, “two t-shirts” is dou t-shirt.
(slow) dou t-shirt
dou t-shirt
“T-shirt” in Urdu is the same as in English, T-shirt.
Using this pattern, you can say “I’d like to buy two t-shirts.” In Urdu, that is Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu ga.
(slow) Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu ga.
Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu ga.
Now this was how a man would say it. If you are a woman, you will have to replace ga with gi.
Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu gi.
(slow) Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu gi.
Mei dou T-shirt kharidna chahu gi.

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