Let's Study Urdu: An Introductory Course

519 Pages·2007·35.45 MB·English

by  Ali S. Asani

111111111111
9 780300
-_YUJlDU
.u
INJaaDucroay COUIISB
AuDIoDVD
All S. As.. SUD HmD
AND AKBAR
1"II'e.•_• -0..a....IWOIldd,I
.1a
YaleUDhaalar
10... 1 .
as
New CI'06D0-tIMO
~h ...,...
AII .... IP 'Jed
Let's Study Urdu
An Introductory Course
Ali S. Asani
Harvard University
and
Syed Akbar Hyder
University of Texas, Austin
Yale University Press
New Havenand London
Copyright ©2008 by Yale University
All rights reserved
This book maynot be reproduced, inwhole or part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond
that copying permitted by Sections 107and [08 ofthe U.S. Copyright Lawand except by
reviewers forthe public press), without written permission from the publishers.
Publisher: Mary Jane Peluso
Development Editor: Brie Kluytenaar
Manuscript Editor: Noreen O'Connor-Abel
Production Editor: Ann-Marie lmbornoni
Production Controller: Karen Stickler
Marketing Manager:Timothy Shea
Cover Design: Mary Va[encia
Cover Photograph: Michael Currier
Printed intheUnited States ofAmerica.
[SBN 978-0-300-11400-3 (pbk.: alk.paper)
Library ofCongress Control Number: 2006939857
Acatalogue record forthisbook.isavailable from the British Library.
The paper inthis book meets the guidelines forpermanence and durability of the Committee on
Production Guidelines forBook Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
10987654321
J'....,/.
)F /Ij, lJ)~ . <.,:;_I
r;' tf.
,))1 t,.:.)t; ,..., I,,:,Jlj ,;,),
,
L5J~I..JIJI
In Memoriam
Annemarie Schimmel
(1922-2003)
who, during her lifetime, worked tirelessly to bring about a better appreciation
of Urdu literature and its culture
Contents
Introduction XIX
HowtoUseThis Book:ANoteforTeachersandStudents xxiv
FilmSourcesforSongsCited intheBook XXX
Chapter I
I.I Word Order in the Urdu Sentence
1.2 ConjugationofVerbt11 andPronouns 2
J.
1.3 Greetingsand asParticleofRespect 7
1.4 AskingQuestions II
1.5 UrduPostpositionsandDefiniteandIndefiniteArticles 14
1.6 AdjectivesofNationality 15
1.7. Introductionto PossessiveAdjectives 17
1.8 PronunciationDrill:ShortandLongVowels 19
t:::f'
1.9 Y'" (Conversation) 20
1.10 ConversationPractice 21
I.Il Song: (t '_;::~' 21
1.12 Vocabulary 22
Chapter2
2.1 DemonstrativePronounsandAdjectives 26
2.2 CardinalNumbers0-10 26
c:J/
2.3 The Interrogative 27
2.4 The Postposition t:::- 27
2.5 Pronunciation Drill- Aspirations 33
2.6 ~conve.rsatioo) 33
2.7 Conversation Practice 34
,.,
2.8 Songs: (.).Yl e.AJI 35
.
J~~
'f-to? lfo" 35
2.9 Vocabulary 36
Chapter 3
3.1 Nouns: Gender andPlural 38
3.2 Attributive andPredicate Adjectives 42
3.3 Marked andUnmarked Adjectives 43
3.4 Catdinal Numbers: 11-20 45
Ordinal Numbers: 1-10 46
3.5 Pronunciation Drill: Perso-Arabic Sounds I 50
3.6 P(ConversatiOn) 51
3.7 Conversation Practice 51
J/ [(; -;:.
'f-
3.8 Songs: 52
JJ ,...
- -
.:,:.......;1.1) 52
3.9 Vocabulary 53
Chapter 4
4.1 Possessive Adjectives 56
viii
4.2 Asking and Telling Age 62
4.3 CardinalNumbers21-30 64
4.4 Orderin aNounPhrase 65
4.5 PronunciationDrills-Nasals 66
Perso-ArabicSoundsIT 67
P
4.6 (Conversation) 68
4.7 ConversationPractice 68
v!
4.8 Songs: (.).Yt~ ( ~ ss ~ 69
J!1~'v?;~
,J.( ~,Cl ~
69
70
4.9 Vocabulary 70
Chapter5
5.1 The PresentHabitualTense 73
5.2 ThePresentHabitualNegative 75
5.3 Timesofthe Day,DaysoftheWeek,and
OtherTimePhrases 80
I
5.4 TheParticle withTemporalWordsandPhrases 81
5.5 Reviewof UrduSentenceStructure 82
t.r..
5.6 TheVerb II> withNouns andVerbs 85
5.7 PronunciationDrill:Retroflexes 88
5.8 PCConversation) 89
5.9 ConversationPractice 90
ix
vi
JJ
C::~,.( 'f-
5.10 Songs: 90
JI ~
1.5.£ )~
'f-
91
5.11 Vocabulary
91
Chapter 6
6.1 Postpositions 96
6.2 The Oblique Case -Oblique Forms of Nouns 97
6.3 Oblique Forms ofDemonstratives 100
6.4 Oblique Forms ofAdjectives 101
6.5 Oblique Forms of Pronouns 102
J
,L ,(
6.6 Note on 103
6.7 The Interrogative I:)/and its Oblique Forms 105
2.... L
6.8 Note on 107
6.9 Pronunciation Drill: Aspirated, Perso-Arabic, and
Retroflexive Sounds 11 115
6.10 PcconversatiOn) 116
6.11 Conversation Practice 117
0.;:;
~,(J!.I:)I?I
6.12 Songs: 118
J'~(;i:f-(J)
'f- f_,d'
118
6.13 Vocabulary 119
Chapter 7
7.1 Expressing Potentials with ~ 122
vi
7.2 with Compound Verbs 122
x