Complete Urdu: A Teach Yourself Guide

by Matthews, David; Dalvi, Kasim

• ISBN13: 9780071758741
• ISBN10: 0071758747
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-31
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

It's easy to teach yourself Urdu! Complete Urdu: A Teach Yourself Guideprovides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to Urdu, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Urdu with confidence. Within each of the 24 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues. You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society. Features: One and five-minute introductions to key principles to get you started Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the basics of the language

Table of Contents

Reading and writing Urdu: pronunciation, transcription and script

Greetings and basic information

Introducing yourself and formal expressions

Food and travel

Describing relationships, origins and Pakistan

Work and daily routine

Leisure activities

Tickets, telephones and hotels

Bills and transactions

Urdu in everyday life

Tourism

Where I live

Recounting your activities

Time, fractions, religion

Emergencies and bureaucracy

Urdu-English vocabulary

Grammatical index

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