Author: Annie Bong Shy Siew
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Published: 2021-04-16
Total Pages: 186
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Urdu is spoken by over 66 million individuals across the world and is the 11th most widely spoken language in the world. Urdu emerged in Delhi, India because of a combination of Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Hindi or Sanskrit speaking communities. Urdu was lingua-franca in north and northwest British India and now it's a national language of Pakistan. This book offers the learning of Urdu in a modern and relevant context. The book is designed for tourists travelling to Urdu-speaking regions and it includes vocabulary lists and dialogues. This book is unique as it offers translations in English and Simplified Chinese Mandarin translations of Urdu sentences and vocabulary list. Thus, this book is useful for both English and Mandarin speakers. Do you want to learn Urdu fast and communicate confidently with the correct understanding of culture? The book is designed for tourists travelling to Urdu-speaking regions and it includes vocabulary lists and dialogues. This book comprises thirteen units. Unit 1: Greetings and Titles The day-to-day greetings are described in this unit. Various titles used for genders of different ages and officials are described. The basic vocabulary and formal sentences are provided to start of your conversation. Unit 2: In this unit the words used for weather and rain are given with their usage explained by usage in sentences. Unit 3: Asking for Directions The placement of an object, positions, and cardinal directions are introduced in this unit. Unit 4: Countries, Nationalities, and Ethnicities. The vocabulary list of names of countries in Urdu, nationalities, major religions and ethnicities are given. Unit 5: Numbers The numbers from 0 to 100, the grades and units of measure in Urdu are introduced in this chapter. Unit 6: Time, Week, months: Both Islamic and Georgian calendar months, week and month names list are introduced in this chapter along with usage. The numerous ways of informing about time are provided. Unit 7: This unit provides the description of display of airports in Urdu. Unit 8: This unit provides the conversation for buying a train ticket. Unit 9: This unit provides the necessary conversation for taking a hotel room. Unit 10: This unit provides the necessary conversation for taking a taxi and giving directions. Unit 11: This unit provides the necessary conversation for going to a restaurant along with a vocabulary list of fruits, spice levels, etc. Unit 12: Emergency Situations and seeing doctor. This unit provides the necessary conversation for seeing a doctor and if breakdown of the car occurs. Unit 13: Shopping This unit provides the necessary conversation for shopping and bargaining. This book is unique as it offers translations in English and Simplified Chinese/Mandarin of Urdu sentences and vocabulary list. Also, the pinyin is provided for correct pronunciation of Chinese sentences. By learning the vocabulary lists and sentences, you will be able to communicate confidently with correct pronunciation. Also, the Urdu speaker may find this book a useful tool to learn Mandarin. Audiobooks: There are two audiobooks which contains the narrations of the units: 1. Learn Urdu a course designed for beginners - English audiobook. 2. Learn Urdu a course designed for beginners and Mandarin Speakers. Visit www.learnurdu.net for details
