Learn Urdu
Urdu is a major language of Pakistan and India, closely related to Hindi in speech but written in a Perso-Arabic Nastaʿlīq script, read right to left.
Below you'll find 1,831 native-checked Urdu phrases organized by theme, the essential phrases to learn first, and a self-guided path from beginner to advanced. Browsing is free — the real progress comes when you say these out loud with a person.
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Essential Urdu phrases for beginners →
The handful of phrases worth learning first, with pronunciation and usage.
Self-guided
The Urdu mastery path →
A sequenced A1→C2 path: the Core 3000 words, graded readers, conversations and games.
Common Urdu phrases people ask about
- How do you say “What's my name?”? میرے نام کیا ہے؟
- How do you say “How are your kids?”? کیا ہمارے بچے جاتے ہیں؟
- How do you say “What can I do?”? کیسے کر سکتا ہوں؟
- How do you say “My name is”? میں آپ سے میرا نام ہے۔
- How do you say “Where can I meet you?”? کیا کس میں بات کر سکو؟
- How do you say “What are you talking about?”? آپ کی بات کیسے ہوئیں؟
- How do you say “I am working.”? میرا کار میں جاتے ہوں۔
- How do you say “I am studying.”? میرا تعلیم میں جاتے ہوں۔
Browse Urdu phrases by theme
A path from beginner to fluent
Phrases are the start. flountain's self-guided path sequences your whole journey across the CEFR levels:
A1–A2 · Beginner
Survival Urdu: greetings, courtesy, numbers, ordering food and asking directions — the phrases on this page.
B1–B2 · Intermediate
Real conversations: opinions, plans, stories and small talk, plus the Core 3000 vocabulary and graded readers.
C1–C2 · Advanced
Nuance and fluency: idiom, register and culture — built through reading, conversation and tutor feedback.
Ready to actually speak Urdu?
Browsing phrases is the start. Practice out loud with native-speaker peers for free, or book a 1-1 video lesson with a vetted Urdu tutor.