A Door Into Urdu: Lesson 2

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A Door Into Urdu

Lesson 2

Vocabulary

Characters' names:

روحی

ڈسٹِن

گلشن

Delhi (Dilli): the capital of India

دِلیّ

village market

ہاٹ

(proper name) a handicrafts market in Dehli

to buy

necklace (m)

to want

who

to go

Qutub Minar (a 13th Century monument in South Dehli)

from (postposition)

from here

very

far (f)

how much

how far

how nice

only

mile / miles

emphatic

Lodi Garden (a park in Delhi)

henna (f)

to do

to put, to apply

High School

America

in (postposition)

to do B.A. (undergraduate)

day / days

for four days

to see

now

then

to move/to go/to leave

to dance

to come

to love

friend (m or f)

[verb] to eat; [noun m.] food

کھانا

to eat food

کھانا کھانا

puri = a flat bread deep fried in oil until it puffs up

house/home (m)

mother

to make

crazy (m)

crazy (f)

why

why not

flour (m)

what all

rolling board (m)

rolling pin (m)

film actress

oil (m)

daily

sometimes

Hey!

India