Time and occasion: ko, par, mein — little words after the word
Time is said with the same tails as place, only the question changes. Tehwar par — at the festival; chhuttion mein — in the holidays; raat ko — at night. The tail stands after the word, and the word does not move. For example: “تہوار پر گھر سجاتے ہیں” — For the festival the house is adorned. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Time is said with the same tails as place, only the question changes. Tehwar par — at the festival; chhuttion mein — in the holidays; raat ko — at night. The tail stands after the word, and the word does not move.
Ko is the tail of the exact point: raat ko, das baje ko. Mein is the tail of the stretch: in the holidays, in the winter. Par is the tail of the occasion: for the festival, at the meeting.
For whom takes ke liye: mehmaanon ke liye — for the guests. All four tails you have met in place and possession; time just borrows them.
Table
| English | Urdu | reading |
|---|---|---|
| at the festival | تہوار پر | tehwar par |
| in the holidays | چھٹیوں میں | chhuttion mein |
| at night | رات کو | raat ko |
| for the guests | مہمانوں کے لیے | mehmaanon ke liye |
| tomorrow | کل کو | kal ko |
By example
- تہوار پر گھر سجاتے ہیںtehwar per ghar sadzhate hainFor the festival the house is adorned
- چھٹیوں میں ہم گاؤں جاتے ہیںchhuttion main hum gaon dzhate hainIn the holidays we go to the village
- مہمانوں کے لیے دسترخوان لگاؤmehmanon ke lia dastarkhwan lagaoSpread the table for the guests
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
Time and occasion: how does it work in Urdu?
Time is said with the same tails as place, only the question changes. Tehwar par — at the festival; chhuttion mein — in the holidays; raat ko — at night. The tail stands after the word, and the word does not move.
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“تہوار پر گھر سجاتے ہیں” (tehwar per ghar sadzhate hain) — For the festival the house is adorned. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.