Learning Objectives

UR A1 · Exercise 1

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Learning Objectives

What you will be able to do after this module

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Welcome to Urdu! Let's see what you will learn in this opening module — your first steps into one of the world's most beautiful scripts.

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After this module, you can...

  • Greet people with the Islamic greeting السلام علیکم (assalām-o-alaikum) and respond with وعلیکم السلام (wa-alaikum-assalām)
  • Introduce yourself and say your name: میرا نام ... ہے (merā nām ... hai)
  • Ask someone how they are: آپ کیسے ہیں؟ (āp kaise hain?) and reply: میں ٹھیک ہوں، شکریہ (main thīk hūn, shukriyā)
  • Say a polite goodbye: اللہ حافظ (allāh hāfiz)
  • Recognize that Urdu is written from right to left in Perso-Arabic script