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Nafees Nastaleeq

The Urdu Writing System

Lesson 1
Bazaar

1.1 Word order
1.2 Questions withکیا، کہاں، کیسے
1.3 Negation
1.4 Articles
1.5 Punctuation

Lesson 2
Qutub Minar

2.1 Personal Pronouns
2.2 Verb ہونا and auxiliary verbs
2.3 Verb infinitive and root
2.4 Present imperfect tense
2.5 Present progressive
2.6 To want to

Lesson 3
Jewelry Store

3.1 Nouns: masc and fem
3.2 Nouns: singular and plural
3.3. Adjectives
3.4 Possessive pronouns
3.5 کا /کے / کی
3.6 اپنا
3.7 Emphatics
3.8 سکنا

Lesson 4
Review (not available)
Lesson 5
Delhi
5.1 Postpositions
5.2 Oblique of nouns
5.3 Oblique of adjectives and possessives
5.4 Oblique of pronouns
5.5 "Ke" series
5.6 To have = "ke pas"
Lesson 6
Taxila

6.1 Dative case
6.2 Special dative forms
6.3 Dative constructions
6.4 Infinitive as a noun
6.5 Imperatives
6.6 Past of :ہونا تھا/تھے/تھیں

Lesson 7
Aligarh

7.1 Oblique with destinations
7.2 "In order to"
7.3 Past imperfect
7.4 Past progressive
7.5 Since/For

Lesson 8
Review (not available)
Lesson 9
Taj Mahal

9.1 Optative/Subjunctive
9.2 Future
9.3 Telling Time
9.4 Parts of the day
9.5 Verb root + کر
9.6 Supposed to
9.7 اور = "more"

Lesson 10
Jaipur

10.1 Family relations
10.2 To have brothers, sisters, etc.
10.3 Plural for respect,
10.4 Animate direct objects
10.5 Verb with چاہِ
10.6 مِلن

Lesson 11
Islamabad

11.1 Requests with پرارتھنا
11.2 Whether = کِ
11.3 Conditional sentences
11.4 Future imperatives
11.5 پڑنا = to have to

Lesson 12 Review
Lesson 13
Benares
13.1 Comparitives
13.2 Superlatives
13.3 To have difficulty or ease = کٹھِنائیor آسانی
13.4 "intention"
13.5 Relative pronouns
Lesson 14
Lost boy
14.1 Perfect Form of the Verb = Simple Past Form of the Verb
14.2 The Perfect Tense = Simple Past
14.3 The Present Perfect Tense
14.4 Fractions
14.5 Vرہنا تے
14.6 Causative Verbs
Lesson 15
Samosas
15.1 نے construction
15.2 Days of the Week
15.3 Numbers
15.4 Gender and number of unknowns
Lesson 16 Review
Lesson 17
Nainital
17.1 Presumptive: "must be"
Lesson 18 18.1 Ordinal Numbers
18.2 وِچار = خیال
18.3 جانکاری = خبر
18.4 لوگ
18.5 "Usually"
Lesson 19
Kasganj
19.1 پانی برسنا
19.2 برف or برف
19.3 V - وقت / سمے تے
19.4 والا
Lesson 20 Review
Lesson 21
Crazy Husband
21.1 The Months in Hindi
21.2 V والا نے
21.3 Verbs with کرنا v. ہونا
21.4 شاید = perhaps, maybe, probably
21.5 Since
21.6 To have an interest = رکھنا/ہونا دِلچسپی
Lesson 22
Truth or Dream
22.1 Oblique with time expressions
22.2 چیز v. بات
22.3 چُکنا
22.4 To have fun / to enjoy = مزا لینا / آننّد لینا
Lesson 23
Lahore
23.1 The Seasons گرمی, سردی, جاڑا, ٹھنڈ
23.2 Directions = دِشاّیں
23.3 as / as = ویسا / جیسا
23.4 as / as = اُتنا / جِتنا
23.5 The Passive
Lesson 24 Review
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