Where to on Sunday in Urdu
The family at breakfast decides where to go out on Sunday in Urdu. 6 phrases that the conversation is made of: «اتوار کو ہم کہاں چلیں؟» — Where shall we go on Sunday?; «میلا چلتے ہیں، بچے خوش ہوں گے۔» — Let us go to the fair — the children will rejoice.
How the whole thing sounds
The situation: the family at breakfast decides where to go out on Sunday. First the whole conversation, then each line on its own, with a translation.
- اتوار کو ہم کہاں چلیں؟itwar ko hum kahan chalen?Where shall we go on Sunday?
- میلا چلتے ہیں، بچے خوش ہوں گے۔mela chalte hain, bache khush hun ge.Let us go to the fair — the children will rejoice.
- دن میں گرمی ہوتی ہے، سویرے چلیں۔din main garmi hoti hai, swaire chalen.At midday there is the heat — let us go early.
- خیمہ اور کھانا ہم ساتھ لے جائیں گے۔khaima aur khana hum sath le dzhaen ge.We shall take the tent and food along.
- دادا دن بھر ماہی گیری میں رہیں گے۔dada din bhar mahi giri main rehen ge.Grandfather will sit fishing the whole day.
- اور شام کو سب اکٹھے بورڈ گیم کھیلیں گے۔aur sham ko sab akathe bord gaim khilen ge.And in the evening everyone will play a board game together.
Lines one by one
| Urdu | Reading | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| اتوار کو ہم کہاں چلیں؟ | itwar ko hum kahan chalen? | Where shall we go on Sunday? |
| میلا چلتے ہیں، بچے خوش ہوں گے۔ | mela chalte hain, bache khush hun ge. | Let us go to the fair — the children will rejoice. |
| دن میں گرمی ہوتی ہے، سویرے چلیں۔ | din main garmi hoti hai, swaire chalen. | At midday there is the heat — let us go early. |
| خیمہ اور کھانا ہم ساتھ لے جائیں گے۔ | khaima aur khana hum sath le dzhaen ge. | We shall take the tent and food along. |
| دادا دن بھر ماہی گیری میں رہیں گے۔ | dada din bhar mahi giri main rehen ge. | Grandfather will sit fishing the whole day. |
| اور شام کو سب اکٹھے بورڈ گیم کھیلیں گے۔ | aur sham ko sab akathe bord gaim khilen ge. | And in the evening everyone will play a board game together. |
How to prepare for a conversation like this
Memorizing the lines is not enough: the other person will say their own thing, not what is written. What helps more is catching the key words by ear and keeping three rescue phrases ready: “I don't understand”, “repeat, please”, “slower”.
And one more thing phrasebooks do not mention: awkwardness gets in the way more than not knowing the words.
- Fear of making mistakes gets in the way of learning a language, and noticeably so. The link turns up study after study, and together those studies cover almost twenty thousand people.checked many timesTeimouri, Goetze & Plonsky, 2019, Studies in Second Language Acquisition 41(2) · 19,933 participants from 23 countries; correlation with results r = −0.36.
- That fear can be dealt with — the methods have been tested and they work.checked many timesXiong et al., 2024, Journal of Language and Social Psychology · 37 studies, anxiety reduced by −0.61. Of the seven conditions examined, only age turned out to matter.
Frequently asked
How do you start a conversation in Urdu in this situation?
“اتوار کو ہم کہاں چلیں؟” (itwar ko hum kahan chalen?) — Where shall we go on Sunday? The first line in such a conversation is almost always the same, and that is the one worth learning: the other person will carry it from there.
What if you did not understand the reply?
Say “I don't understand” and “repeat, please” — both are in the rescue set. Admitting your language is still shaky almost always makes the other person more patient.
Should you memorize the dialogue?
No. It is more useful to catch the key words by ear: the other person will say their own thing, and a memorized line will not always fit their reply.