ACADEMICS'S
Learn Urdu
Through English
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Phonentically Transleterated
Learn Urdu Through English Sounds of Urdu Alphabets
d (n) donkey a
dh k (n) kite
r (n) red
g (v) go
r l (n) life
z (n) zink m (n) man
zh n (adj) nice
s (n) son v, o or (adj) voice
sh (n) sheep
h (n) hall
s (n) son h (n) home
z (a) zebra vowel
t y, i (n) yalk
z ai or e vowel
a
gh
f (n) fool
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English Prepositions
Are you alone?
kya tum akeley ho? About se mutallalliq
Above balaai
Across ke paar
English Prepositions
After ke baad
Prepositions Huroof-e-Jaar
Inside the Against bar-aks
makaan ke ander
house Among main se
Outside the
makaan ke bahar Around ke ird gird
care
joonhi, taake,
With me merey saath As
jaisa ke,
main, per, se, ke
Without me un ke baghair At
taraf
Under the mez ke neechey
table Before ke saamney, pahle
After kal ke baad Behind aqbi, peechey
tomorrow
Before Below ke neechey
sunset
ghuroob aaftaab se
pahley Beneath ke neechey
lekin main masroof
But I'm busy
hoon
Beside ke alawa
Between ke darmiyaan
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