2.3 Informal Conversation
Reading
Informal Conversation Between Friends
Context: Imran and Ruh are friends and study together in a school. They saw each other in school before going to their class.
| English | Transliteration | Urdu |
| Imran: Hello! | Imran: aadaab! | عمران: آداب! |
| Ruh: Hello! | Ruh: aadaab! | روح: آداب! |
| Imran: How are you? | Imran: kyaa haal hai? | عمران: کیا حال ہے؟ |
| Ruh: All is well. And you? | Ruh: sab thiik hai. aur tum? | روح: سب ٹھیک ہے- اور تم؟ |
| Imran: I am well too. | Imran: mai bhii thiik hoon. | -عمران: میں بھی ٹھیک ہوں |
| Ruh: Should we go to class? | Ruh: class chalen | روح: کلاس چلیں؟ |
| Imran: Let’s go. | Imran: chalo | عمران: چلو |
| [After the class] | class ke baad | کلاس کے بعد |
| Ruh: See you again. Bye | Ruh: phir milenge. khuda haafiz | روح: پھر ملیں گے- خدا حافظ! |
| Imran: Okay, Bye! | Imran: thiik hai. khuda haafiz | عمران: ٹھیک ہے- خدا حافظ! |
Listening: Please watch the following video and listen to the above conversation and check your reading and pronunciation.
Instructor Video: Informal Conversation
Informal Conversation
Asking for Phone Number & Email
Vocabulary 3. Learn Urdu Numbers 0-10
| English | Transliteration | Urdu Name | Urdu Number |
| 0 | sifar |
صفر |
٠ |
| 1 | ek |
ایک |
١ |
| 2 | do |
دو |
٢ |
| 3 | tiin |
تین |
٣ |
| 4 | char |
چار |
٤ |
| 5 | paanch |
پانچ |
٥ |
| 6 | Chhah/chhe |
چھے |
٦ |
| 7 | Saat |
سات |
٧ |
| 8 | aaTh |
آٹھ |
٨ |
| 9 | nau |
نو |
٩ |
| 10 | das |
دس |
١٠ |
Reading: Informal Conversation—Asking for phone number and email address.
Context: The Urdu teacher assigns group work and puts Ruh and Peter in a group. Now Ruh and Peter need to exchange their email address and phone number.
| English | Transliteration | Urdu |
| Hello Peter! What’s going on? | Hello Peter! Kyaa chal raha hai? |
ہیلو پیٹر !کیا چل رہا ہے؟ |
| Hello Ruh, all is well. How are you? | Aadaab Ruh! Sab Thiik hai. Aap kaa Kyaa haal hai? |
آداب روح ! سب ٹھیک ہے- آپ کا کیا حال ہے؟ |
| All is well, okay، what is your email address? | Sab thiik hai, achha, aap kaa email address kyaa hai? |
سب ٹھیک ہے – اچّھا، اپ کا ای میل ایڈریس کیا ہے؟ |
| My email Address is peter@gmail.com. And yours? | Mera email address peter@gmail.com hai. Aur Aap kaa? | میرا ای میل ایڈریس [پیٹر@جی میل.کوم] ہے- اور آپ کا؟ |
| My email Address is ruh@gmail.com. | Mera email address ruh@gmail.com hai. |
میرا ای میل ایڈریس [روح@جی میل.کوم] ہے |
| What is your phone number? | Aap kaa phone number kyaa hai? |
آپکا فون نمبر کیا ہے؟ |
| My phone Number is 3322110044. And yours? | Mera phone number 3322110044 hai. aur aap kaa? |
میرا فون نمبر ٠٠١١٢٢٣٣ ٤٤ ہے، اور آپ کا؟ |
| My phone number is 123… | Mera phone number 123… hai. |
میرا فون نمبر ٣٢١…. ہے |
| Thank you. See you again. Bye. | Shukriya phir milenge. khuda hafiz. |
شکریہ ،پھر ملیں گے–خدا حافظ |
| Okay, bye. | Achha. bye. |
اچھا ، بائے- |
Listening: Please watch the following video, listen to the above conversation, and check your reading and pronunciation.
Instructor Video: Asking for Contact Information
Test Yourself
Activities
In your classroom and/or outside the classroom, identify 2-3 Urdu learners/speakers. Introduce yourself, and ask questions in Urdu such as name, major, age, where s/he is from, phone number, and email address. In addition to these 6 questions, please try to create 2-4 more questions based on your own creativity. Chapter 2.3 Activity
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