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I'm a native English speaker* trying to learn Hindi on my own, without an institutional course -- I'd love one, mind you, but there aren't any that are affordable in the Bay Area (California, USA). You'd think there would be -- the South Bay has a huge community of South Asian immigrants. But all that exists are a few "heritage" learning classes ( Read more... )

Hi everyone,

For various reasons I find it necessary that I learn Urdu. However, I haven't found many resources. I've checked the memories and not found much that's helpful. Do you guys have any thoughts?

Thank you!

Can someone who speaks Urdu tell me what the word 'shugar' means?

If you need context: 'nah, that was just shugar man'

Thanks!

quick question:  what script would the Divine Comedy have been written in originally?  I found an image of the first printed edition, but it's at least a century later than the composition.  am I looking at something like this?

also, on a completely different note, does anybody know where to find parallel bengali-english editions of ramprasad sen's ( Read more... )

I just got Melissa Etheridge's new album, A New Thought for Christmas and there's one song she sings with Salman Ahmad, a Pakistani singer. Mostly he sings in English, but there are a few phrases in another language. I assume it's most likely either Urdu or Arabic, although one of my co-workers said it sounded to him like it might even be Aramaic ( Read more... )

So I already speak Hindi and I can read Devanagari, but I'd really like to learn how to read Urdu script because the two languages are so alike/the same and I just want to know how to read it. My problem: I'm having a lot of trouble staying interested through most of the lessons I can find because they all try to teach grammar and vocab, which at ( Read more... )

Hey guys.

Can any urdu speakers out there do me a quick translation please? It's my Pakistani friends birthday soon, and I have bought her Harry Potter in urdu, and wanted to write on the cover. If anybody could translate the LJ-cut for me, I would be eternally grateful.

Dearest Sumera,
I have bought you this because I fear you may be losing your ( Read more... )

This is certainly a weird request, but what are the Urdu and Pasho terms for Hamster, and how do you pronounce them?

It's a female hamster, in particular. I searched a couple dictionaries and I cant' find it. The closest thing I can find is "mouse," and a hamster isn't a mouse! :P

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