Learn how to count to ten
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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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