A Door Into Urdu by 
Afroz Taj

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Nastaliq

The Urdu Writing System

Lesson 1
Bazaar

1.1 Word order 
1.2 Questions with کیا، کہاں
1.3 Negation
1.4 Articles
1.5 Punctuation

Lesson 2
Qutub Minar

2.1 Personal Pronouns
2.2 The Verb ہونا
2.3 Verb infinitive and root
2.4 Present imperfect tense
2.5 Present progressive
2.6 To want to

Lesson 3
Jewelry Store

3.1 Nouns: masculine and feminine
3.2 Nouns: singular and plural
3.3 Adjectives
3.4 Possessive Pronouns
3.5 کا، کے، کی
3.6 اپنا
3.7 Emphatics
3.8 To be able to سکنا

Lesson 4
Review
Lesson 5
Delhi
5.1. Postpositions
5.2 Oblique of nouns
5.3 Oblique of adjectives and possessives
5.4 Oblique of pronouns
5.5 Postpositions with
کے
5.6 To have = کے پاس
Lesson 6
Taxila

6.1 Dative case
6.2 Special dative forms
6.3 Dative constructions
6.4 Infinitive as a noun
6.5 Imperatives
6.6 Past of
ہونا
تھا، تھے، تھی، تھیں

Lesson 7
Aligarh

7.1 Oblique with destinations
7.2 In order to
7.3 Past imperfect
7.4 Past progressive
7.5 Since/For

Lesson 8
Review (not available)
Lesson 9
Taj Mahal

9.1 Optative/Subjunctive
9.2 Future
9.3 Telling Time
9.4 Parts of the day
9.5 Verb root +
کر
9.6 Supposed to
9.7 More =
اور

Lesson 10
Jaipur

10.1 Family relations
10.2 To have brothers, sisters, etc.
10.3 Plural for respect,
10.4 Animate direct objects
10.5 Verb with
چاہۓ
10.6 مِلنا

Lesson 11
Islamabad

11.1 Requests with گزارِش
11.2 Whether = کہ
11.3 Conditional sentences
11.4 Future imperatives
11.5 To have to =
پڑنا

Lesson 12 Review
Lesson 13
Benares
13.1 Comparitives
13.2 Superlatives
13.3 To have difficulty or ease = مشکل، آسانی
13.4 Intention 
13.5 Relative pronouns
Lesson 14
Lost boy
14.1
Perfect Form of the Verb = Simple Past Form of the Verb
14.2 The Perfect Tense = Simple Past
14.3 The Present Perfect Tense
14.4 Fractions
14.5 Verb root + تے رہنا
14.6 Causative Verbs
Lesson 15
Samosas
15.1 نے
15.2 Days of the Week
15.3 Numbers
15.4 Gender and number of unknowns
Lesson 16 Review
Lesson 17
Nainital
17.1 Presumptive: "must be"
Lesson 18
18.1 Ordinal Numbers
18.2 خیال
18.3 خبر
18.4 لوگ
Lesson 19
Kasganj
19.1 پانی برسنا
19.2 برف
19.3 Verb root + تے وقت
19.4 والا
Lesson 20 Review
Lesson 21
Crazy Husband
21.1 The Months in Hindi
21.2 Verb root + نے والا
21.3 Verbs with کرنا، ہونا
21.4 Perhaps, probably شاید
21.5 Since 
21.6 To have an interest = دِلچسپی ہونا، دِلچسپی رکھنا
Lesson 22
Truth or Dream
22.1 Oblique with time expressions
22.2 چیز، بات
22.3 چکنا
22.4 To enjoy = مزا لینا
Lesson 23
Lahore
23.1 Seasons گرمی، سردی
23.2 Directions
23.3 وَیسا جَیسا
23.4 اتنا جِتنا
23.5 The Passive 
Lesson 24 Review

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