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This is correct.

You can probably find the meaning in a Lughat (a.k.a Urdu Dictionary).

A good Lughat app on Android is: Urdu Lughat

This website is also good. It is government supported, so should be reliable.

> Most of the audio has no english just urdu speaking of the stories in the book. It takes a lot of effort but h

shukriya, thanks for the comment. The deck I'm using on memrise right now only focuses on recognizing characters, It's this one. Apart from that, I found an app that has a lot of vocabulary and I'm taking all of that and putting it into memrise. It's nice because it has audio, it's this one but I will check that Hinative app and I will probablly look for a memrise course that has all the teach yourself urdu vocabulary, however I couldn't find a deck called "a door into urdu" on memrise. Thanks again

Can I ask what other languages are you able to communicate in other than English?

For just picking up the language the most important thing would be volcabulary. Start by learning the script and reading some basic words. You can find Udemy courses under $20. Start with YouTube before anything. If you can afford tutoring that'd be the easiest.

From there if you watch any subbed Pakistani TV dramas or movies they usually are in Urdu. Indian movies can be as well but they have more variety in language. You want to try to practice dialogue by yourself or others. Find learning groups on discord, whatsapp, fb, etc. Practice together and try to hold a conversation.

Below are some Urdu tutors I found online with reviews, feel free to take a look.

https://preply.com/en/skype/urdu-tutors?campaignid=9665686784&network=g&adgroupid=99758903976&keyword=learn%20urdu&matchtype=e&creative=461051106173&adposition=&targetid=aud-331769978595:kwd-297742399128&placement=&...

Yes, it is quite a reliable dictionary. It has an app version too. There is another offline dictionary app for android which has been developed by Urdu Dictionary Board, Pakistan.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.udb.urdulughat

We have some interesting urdu novels available on our app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.browntech.novels.read&fbclid=IwAR3wWWkMKcJbwfiOyCM84AeOFr3wNvSgZk9vMGbH4oLnQskrZxqJ7tNeuNo

Thanks for this!

Here's another clip I recorded on my phone. Pls check this for any errors. If it's again not loud enough, maybe you can try accessing it through your phone?

https://clyp.it/albscyd2

Thanks for your help! :)

I'm an American who ONLY speaks English, and I am learning Urdu currently. My professor started our college course off by learning script and I can pretty much read now! (It's only been a month!) Now I just have to understand what it means lol.

ANYWAY my point is that a really good book to explain Urdu writing is this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Study-Urdu-Introduction-Script/dp/0300234899/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=lets+study+urdu+script&qid=1634165641&sr=8-1

It should be much easier for you to learn than me since you speak the language, but I hope this offered some help!

The basic idea is, when you’re learning a language as a kid, you’re associating words and phrases and grammatical rules with experiences and sensations and memories, and those memories are deep. To learn a language as an adult, you need to make connections between phrases in your target language (the language you’re trying to learn) and deep experiences, memories, sensations in your life. It’s much easier to remember the words for “ball” “kick” “play” when you associate it with your childhood soccer obsession.

You do this by making flashcards with pictures from your life to help associate the phrases you are learning with memories in your life. If you’re growing up 2nd gen, it’s easy to get phrases by just listening to family members talk to each other, and paying attention to what they say. Or watching Bollywood or TV dramas.

Of course, you’ll need to study the grammar rules and vocabulary of the language, and you’ll need to understand the phrases you’re speaking. A good grammar book is important, and the one I use is Let’s Study Urdu. I also recommend finding a teacher, iTalki is a great resource for that. And finally the book itself is Fluent Forever.

One of the most decorated Urdu Experts: Gopi Chand Narang has a great anthology of Urdu prose which also includes a facing glossary for difficult words. The style and glossed vocab are more on the formal side but the sections are short and exhibit a range of styles.

The Beginner Urdu app and the StartFromZero_Urdu app are some of the free flashcard tools you can try to learn on your own some basic Urdu words and phrases.

I found this to be a nice way to learn to write -- http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Study-Urdu-Introduction-Language/dp/0300120605/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=14WGE23E8PY68F69H9SB

However, that said, this book is ONLY for reading and writing the letters and putting them into basic words. In particular, it does not teach you to spell. There's a lot of phonetics you can work out since you speak fluently, but of course things like nbaacura mentioned will come up due to many different ways to write the same sound.

If I were you I would bite the bullet and buy a textbook. Hindi and Urdu are similar in many ways (except for the script, of course), and there are probably a lot more resources for learning Hindi than Urdu.

I learned all of my Hindi and Urdu grammar from Usha Jain's Introduction to Hindi Grammar book. I would highly recommend it, and use a separate book to learn the nasta'liq script.