A Door Into Urdu: Lesson 22

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22.1

Oblique with time expressions


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مہینہ، سال، ہفتہ، دن should be in oblique (even though they are not followed by a postposition) it they are used in expressions meaning “at or in a certain month/ day / seek / year / part of the day” just like expressions meaning “at a certain time.” For example:

وہ اس مہینے گجرات جا رہی ہے۔

= She is going to Gujarat this month.

میں نے اُس دِن ایک اچھی مووی دیکھی۔

= I saw a good movie that day.

میں اگلے ہفتے بھارت جاؤں گی۔

= I’ll go to India next week.

Note: If the name of a month is mentioned, we use the postposition میں :

e.g. وہ نومبر میں ممبئی جائے گی۔

Note: If the name of a day is mentioned, we use the postposition کو :

e.g. وحیدہ رحمان شکروار کو نہیں آئے گی۔

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000)
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