Learn a language in a month

Sirus β€”

Salaam

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i need to learn urdu within a month

i mean, i know urdu and can speak it fine, and understand it fine

but i need to know it to qualification level, that means formally, and i gotta learn my numbers past 21! which is pretty bad considering i do money transfer lol

got an exam for it coming in about a months time, and whilst my urdu is good, i dont think i would pass an exam....or i might, i dont know.

but ive ordered some urdu kitaabs from pakistan, im gona start reading the dictionary, and basically surround maself in urdu for the next few weeks inshallah.

i need tips, websites which can help (esp with numbers!), and any recommended text books.

i know some of you are doing classes, how effective is that? i can learn at home by myself and my parents, and my lil bro who did A-level urdu, oh and my brother in law, but you recommend classes?

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iRazor β€” Sat, 12 Jan 2008 - 13:53

Ah urdu, why you need to learn it so urguntly Sirus? πŸ˜‚

Best thing is books, Urdu lectures and urdu speeches, sit there with a dictionary, every time u hear a word u dunno, look it up, n also u can understand quicker like that.

Oh and best way to learn to speak is practise, I can understand urdu fully, and if I hear someone speak it make a grammatical mistake I can notice it, but when I speak myself, Im terrible, cuz I have no practise, Speakin Farsi at home n all 8)

Sirus β€” Sat, 12 Jan 2008 - 14:07

im applying for full pakistani nationality thats why :roll:

dont need to practise speakin, i do that fine and i dont think i will be tested on it. basically reading and understanding, and listening and understanding

Snoopz β€” Sun, 13 Jan 2008 - 00:50

[quote="Sirus"]i know some of you are doing classes, how effective is that? i can learn at home by myself and my parents, and my lil bro who did A-level urdu, oh and my brother in law, but you recommend classes?[/quote]

Im taking classes, but its from scratch the basics & you said yourself you already know how to speak urdu

Plus class is full or girls πŸ˜›

Im learning Arabic & Urdu, the classes are only effective if your teacher can teach. In one urdu lesson I learnt more than I have in a semesters worth of Arabic classes.

My Arabic teacher, mashallah her Arabic is tops but she just doesn’t know how to teach :S

Sirus β€” Sun, 13 Jan 2008 - 11:34

[quote="Seraphim"]and why would you want to do that?[/quote]

it was a sarcastic joke.....you know, language tests to get into the uk... :roll:

arabic is harder to teach and learn i think, you gotta committ a lot of time

ive got a dictionary now....the numbers are so confusing :shock: