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| 1qaz2wsx Diglot Groupie Greece Joined 5155 days ago 98 posts - 124 votes  Speaks: Greek*, EnglishC1 Studies: Russian, Albanian | Message 1 of 6 18 April 2011 at 8:37pm | IP Logged |
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How do you say what's your name in Urdu?I think it's 'Naam kya?',but I'm not sure. Edited by 1qaz2wsx on 18 April 2011 at 8:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tbone Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4773 days ago 92 posts - 132 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 2 of 6 18 April 2011 at 8:54pm | IP Logged |
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Easy, I say "Google?" and it says, for instance,
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/urdu.ph p or http://www.linguanaut.com/english_urdu.htm, both of which say the answer is something like: 'apka nam kya hai' Well, that was lovely. Here are the non-clickable links: http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/urdu.php http://www.linguanaut.com/english_urdu.htm Edited by tbone on 18 April 2011 at 8:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 4798 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 3 of 6 18 April 2011 at 9:12pm | IP Logged |
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'Aapka naam kya hai?' is probably right.
آپ کانام کیاہے؟ Edited by napoleon on 18 April 2011 at 9:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| 1qaz2wsx Diglot Groupie Greece Joined 5155 days ago 98 posts - 124 votes Speaks: Greek*, EnglishC1 Studies: Russian, Albanian | Message 4 of 6 18 April 2011 at 9:15pm | IP Logged |
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That sounds kind of formal.What's the colloquial version?
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| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 4798 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 5 of 6 19 April 2011 at 5:56am | IP Logged |
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"Aap ka naam kya hai" is more commonly used AFAIK.
If you are already acquainted with someone then you probably already know his/her name. In hindi, degrees of familiarity in ascending order are: Aap<Tum<Tera Someone who's very familiar would be asked "Tera naam...?" Someone who's less familiar or a child would be asked "Tumhara naam...?" If you want to sound more formal, you could ask, "Aap ki tashrif?" I'm not sure though. Could native Urdu speakers clarify this please. Edited by napoleon on 19 April 2011 at 6:18am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 4798 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 6 of 6 19 April 2011 at 6:04am | IP Logged |
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Forgive me if I digress but I have a question for native urdu speakers. When adressing a man you say "Janab" and then ask his name right. How do you address women? How do you address a child?
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