How many of you guys in the Pakistani Diaspora cant speak a lick of Urdu

[Yankee-stani]

How many of you guys cant speak Urdu, I was never taught by my father Urdu in my 20 now going on my 21 years of life, any one of you guys are in the same situation,and what suggestions you can give to learn Urdu, I am starting to watch more Pakistani TV with my father and doing some small stuff like phrases and stuff.English is my only spoken language I can speak, at school I am learning Arabic as a foreign language requirement for college, and on the side I listen and learn some Turkish words not consistent on that lol.

 

[Clutch]

I can't speak a lick of Hindi ... I'm perfect at Urdu!

 

[Yankee-stani]

I can't speak a lick of Hindi ... I'm perfect at Urdu!

Good one no Ganga language lol

 

[Desert Fox]

How many of you guys cant speak Urdu, I was never taught by my father Urdu in my 20 now going on my 21 years of life, any one of you guys are in the same situation,and what suggestions you can give to learn Urdu, I am starting to watch more Pakistani TV with my father and doing some small stuff like phrases and stuff.English is my only spoken language I can speak, at school I am learning Arabic as a foreign language requirement for college, and on the side I listen and learn some Turkish words not consistent on that lol.

Damn, that sucks bro. Maan baap ki zimedari hai apne bachon ko unka culture aur unki zabaan sikhana.

I knew this Palestinian kid, couldn't speak a full sentence of arabic. I really feel bad for people in this kind of situation.

I would suggest watching old PTV dramas. The trash Pakistani film industry is churning out nowadays is just carbon copy of be-hayai of Bollywood. Old is gold my friend.

And since your learning Arabic, after you complete that gradually make your way to learning to read and write in Urdu, particularly the nastaliq script which is commonly used in Pakistan.

Your thoughts: @Psychic @django @Metanoia @LeGenD

 

[lastofthepatriots]

You should at least be able to speak your ethnic language.

 

[Yankee-stani]

Damn, that sucks bro. Maan baap ki zimedari hai apne bachon ko unka culture aur unki zabaan sikhana.

I knew this Palestinian kid, couldn't speak a full sentence of arabic. I really feel bad for people in this kind of situation.

I would suggest watching old PTV dramas. The trash Pakistani film industry is churning out nowadays is just carbon copy of be-hayai of Bollywood. Old is gold my friend.

And since your learning Arabic, after you complete that gradually make your way to learning to read and write in Urdu, particularly the nastaliq script which is commonly used in Pakistan.

Your thoughts: @Psychic @django @Metanoia @LeGenD

Yeah they are lot folks like that sadly, actually thats what my dad is doing he is making me watch the old PTV shows and since I prefer Comedy not the Family drama crap he let me watch shows like 50/50 or Alif Noon and he helps me translate that as well which is helpful yes I am learning the written phrases now as well

 

[Crystal-Clear]

How many of you guys cant speak Urdu, I was never taught by my father Urdu in my 20 now going on my 21 years of life, any one of you guys are in the same situation,and what suggestions you can give to learn Urdu, I am starting to watch more Pakistani TV with my father and doing some small stuff like phrases and stuff.English is my only spoken language I can speak, at school I am learning Arabic as a foreign language requirement for college, and on the side I listen and learn some Turkish words not consistent on that lol.

Best of Luck .

 

[Desert Fox]

Yeah they are lot folks like that sadly, actually thats what my dad is doing he is making me watch the old PTV shows and since I prefer Comedy not the Family drama crap he let me watch shows like 50/50 or Alif Noon and he helps me translate that as well which is helpful yes I am learning the written phrases now as well

That's good bro. Honestly, your parents should have taught you Urdu from the beginning when you were a kid.

 

[Wa Muhammada]

You should at least be able to speak your ethnic language.

In an ideal world yes...but sadly we do not live in a perfect world. The majority of overseas Pakistanis living in smaller communities/towns in the UK have little/no contact with other Pakistanis, hence why the language has been lost.

It helps if your parents enforce a Urdu/punjabi only policy at home from an early age. Or if you live in a city like Bham/Bradistan where the place is crawling with Asians.

Another factor is your link with the home country...how often you visit Pakistan/India which means the child has to converse in Urdu.

With us...we spoke Punjabi at home and then lived in Pakistan for 3yrs and then we kept visiting Pakistan every 2yrs in the summer hols for 2-3months which meant our language skills stayed intact.

 

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I am learning Arabic

Once you can read in Arabic and become sufficiently confident then pick up a Urdu primer. Shouldn't be too hard. I am assuming you can understand basic Urdu sentences

 

[Yankee-stani]

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Once you can read in Arabic and become sufficiently confident then pick up a Urdu primer. Shouldn't be too hard. I am assuming you can understand basic Urdu sentences

I am like probably a pre school level Urdu

 

[Valar.]

Learning basic is the hardest part. After that, it gets easier. All you need is a fluent person to speak to everyday.

 

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I am like probably a pre school level Urdu

Nowadays it's so easy. There are plenty of YouTube videos that teach the basics. Just a strong willingness is required on your part.

 

[Yankee-stani]

That's good bro. Honestly, your parents should have taught you Urdu from the beginning when you were a kid.

I come from a mixed family my father is from Pakistan while my mom is Columbian Lebanese so I neither learned to speak Urdu,Spanish, or Arabic as a child growing up in the States.


Another factor is your link with the home country...how often you visit Pakistan/India which means the child has to converse in Urdu.[/QUOTE]

I use to visit Pakistan every year as a child and up until I was like 13 so I understand the culture,peoples,politics and cities a bit well thing is my family in Pakistan are all upper middle class snobs sorry to say that so they often mostly spoke English with me or in their own will as well

 

[Wa Muhammada]

I come from a mixed family my father is from Pakistan while my mom is Columbian Lebanese so I neither learned to speak Urdu,Spanish, or Arabic as a child growing up in the States.


Another factor is your link with the home country...how often you visit Pakistan/India which means the child has to converse in Urdu.

I use to visit Pakistan every year as a child and up until I was like 13 so I understand the culture,peoples,politics and cities a bit well thing is my family in Pakistan are all upper middle class snobs sorry to say that so they often mostly spoke English with me or in their own will as well[/QUOTE]

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