Where it hurts: meri kamar dard hai — the pain comes "to me" and to the body part
A pain is stated in two moves. First whose. Then what aches. Then the word dard — pain. Mera sar dard hai — my head pain is; meri kamar dard hai — my back pain is. The body part decides the gender of "my", as everywhere. For example: “میرا سر درد ہے” — I have a headache. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
A pain is stated in two moves. First whose. Then what aches. Then the word dard — pain. Mera sar dard hai — my head pain is; meri kamar dard hai — my back pain is. The body part decides the gender of "my", as everywhere.
About another person the to-him form steps in: use bukhar hai — to him there is fever. The illness comes to a person the way feelings do — you met that family at mujhe.
To ask where it hurts: kya dard hai? — what hurts? The answer is the body part plus dard, and no verb of hurting is ever needed.
Table
| English | Urdu | reading |
|---|---|---|
| my head hurts | میرا سر درد ہے | mera sar dard hai |
| my back hurts | میری کمر درد ہے | meri kamar dard hai |
| he has fever | اسے بخار ہے | use bukhar hai |
| my tooth hurts | میرا دانت درد ہے | mera daant dard hai |
| my eye hurts | میری آنکھ درد ہے | meri aankh dard hai |
By example
- میرا سر درد ہےmera sar dard haiI have a headache
- میری کمر درد ہےmeri kamar dard haiMy back hurts
- اسے بخار ہےise bukhar haiHe has fever
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Where it hurts: how does it work in Urdu?
A pain is stated in two moves. First whose. Then what aches. Then the word dard — pain. Mera sar dard hai — my head pain is; meri kamar dard hai — my back pain is. The body part decides the gender of "my", as everywhere.
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“میرا سر درد ہے” (mera sar dard hai) — I have a headache. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.