In this lesson and in my upcoming lessons, I’ll try to help Urdu speaking beginners to understand the basics of speaking Urdu. I’ll use very simple phrases and expressions to help you with Urdu speaking.
Basic usage of "Main hoon"
This lesson is about using ‘Main hoon’ (I am). It is used in combination with other words to tell someone about yourself or to describe something you are doing. In following sentences, I have highlighted the words where gender Identification is necessary. Female needs to read the pink highlighted words and male needs to read the blue highlighted words. The pattern of sentences is:
Main ________ Hoon.
Where
Main = I (Pronoun) _________ = informatory words/ status words Hoon = am (verb)
Main kafi thucka hoa/thucke hoe hoon. (I’m so tired)
Main uljha hoa/hoe hoon. (I’m confused)
Main khosh hoon. (I’m happy)
Main tay’ees saal ka/ki hoon. (I’m twenty three years old)
Main bhooka/bhooki hoon. (I’m hungry)
Main preshan hoon. (I’m nervous)
Main purJosh hoon. (I’m excited)
Main kaam choor raha/rahi hoon. (I’m leaving work)
Main Pyasa/Pyasi hoon. (I’m thirsty)
Main Islamabad sy hoon. (I’m from Islamabad)
Main shaded bhooka/bhooki hoon. (I’m extremely hungry)
Main bohot khoosh hoon. (I’m very happy)
Main Buri tarha bhooka/bhooki hoon. (I’m terribly hungry)
Main bohot zyada purJosh hoon. (I am super excited)
Main bohot preshan hoon. (I’m very nervous)
Note: There is no standard for roman Urdu (Urdu words in English script). So you may see the following forms on internet:
Main = mayn = man
Hoon = Hon = Hn
Please submit your comments if you find it helpful, need clarification or find any mistake.
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Thank you all for commenting.
@Wezzy
InshaAllah I'll try to add more on grammer & construction of phrases and will discuss I want, I have, I need, one by one .
Q. What is the difference between bohot and shadeed?
A. bohot is alike Very and Shadeed means Extremely
@Imran good work boss
@Wezzy
if u 'want to' 'need to' 'have to' do some action the sentence is different and when u want/need/have something then the sentence is different.
i want _____(Something)- mujhe ______ chahiye
he/she wants ________ - use ______ chahiye
i want water - mujhe paani chahiye
i want to go - main jaana chahta/chahti hoon
i want to come - main aana chahta/chahti hoon
i want to know - main jaanana chahta/chahti hoon
i have book - mere paas book hai.
i have money - 'mere paas' paise hain.
she has my pen - meri pen uske paas hai.
here are some exceptions :D
sentences having doubt/confusion/problem etc.
i have a doubt - mujhe doubt hai.
he had a confusion - use confusion tha.
plant needs water - paudhe ko paani ki zaroorat hai.
need here is zaroorat.
sometimes u can say chahiye instead of 'ki zaroorat hai' for expressing the same thing.
'have to' and 'need to' both shows compulsion so they can be expressed in three different ways according to the context one of the three may sound better
i have to go - mujhe jaana hoga/mujhe jaana hai/mujhe jaana padega.
he/she has to go - use jaana hoga/
Thanks kyda! you have rightly pointed out the spelling mistake. 'Thaka' makes more sense than 'Thucka' or 'Thaaka'. As I said earlier in discussion, spelling could be different for an individual depending on their native language and how they understand and use the sounds of a, u, y, e etc. therefore, you might have seen different spellings for the same word on internet. But key point is that spelling should be as close as the actual pronunciation is and Insha Allah, I'll focus on it.
Helpful!!
Great
many thanks for your post, can you also add voice, so we know how it is said.
regards
