A Door Into Urdu: Lesson 3

man (same in plural)

noun m.

job (pluralنوکریاں )

noun f.

نوکری

any

کوئی

work (same in plural)

noun m.

کام

store (plural دُکانیں)

noun f.

stuff, goods

noun m.

سامان

kilometer (same in plural)

noun m.

کِلومیٹر

bus (plural بسیں)

noun f.

rickshaw (plural رکشے or sometimes رکشایں )

noun m.(but sometimes feminine)

orange (plural سنترے)

noun m.

tomorrow (or yesterday) (same in plural)

noun m.

کل

place (plural جگہیں)

noun f.

جگہ

thing (plural چیز یں )

noun f.

چیز

bracelet (plural کڑے)

noun m.

but

لیکن

bangle (plural چُوڑِیاں)

noun f.

earring (plural بندے)

noun m.

only

emphatic particle

ہی

when

question word

کب

morning (plural صبحیں)

noun f.

صبح

on X, at X

postposition

پرX

for X

postposition (compound)

کے لِیےX

for you

آپ کے لِیے

just now, right now ( اَب+ھی )

اَبھی

just this, this very, the same ( ی+ہی)

یہی

thief (same in plural)

noun m.

چور

police (no plural)

noun f.

پولیس

all

سب

key (plural چابِیاں)

noun f.

to do

کرنا

to do work, to work (compound verb)

کام کرنا

to be able [to]; This verb has no meaning by itself. When preceded by a Root Verb, its meaning is like English "can".

سکنا

to sell

بیچنا

to give

دینا

to take

لینا

to open

کھولنا

to call

بُلانا

to pack [up] (compound verb)

پیک کرنا

fast (speed), strong (taste), sharp (knife), etc.

adj.

تیز

big

adj.

بڑا

small

adj.

چھوٹا

green

adj.

ہرا

blue

adj.

نیلا

expensive

adj.

مہنگا

beautiful

adj.

سندر

red

adj.

لال

your (familiar)

possessive pronoun

تمہارا

our

possessive pronoun

ہمارا

one's own (see Grammar)

possessive pronoun

اَپنا