یہ میری غلطی ہے
“یہ میری غلطی ہے” (ye meri ghalti hai) — my fault in Urdu. Phrase, level B1. Literally "this is my mistake": the mistake and the fault in one word. To admit it first is a sign of strength here, not weakness. In a live sentence: “معاف کیجیے، یہ میری غلطی ہے” — Excuse me, it is my fault. Written with the characters ی, ہ, م, ی, ر, ی, غ, ل, ط, ی, ہ, ے. A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | یہ میری غلطی ہے |
| Read in Latin letters | ye meri ghalti hai |
| Translation | my fault |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "this is my mistake": the mistake and the fault in one word. To admit it first is a sign of strength here, not weakness
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- معاف کیجیے، یہ میری غلطی ہےmaaf kidzhiye, ye meri ghalti haiExcuse me, it is my fault
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “my fault” in Urdu?
«یہ میری غلطی ہے», read “ye meri ghalti hai”. In a live sentence: “معاف کیجیے، یہ میری غلطی ہے” — Excuse me, it is my fault. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ی, ہ, م, ی, ر, ی, غ, ل, ط, ی, ہ, ے.
How is “یہ میری غلطی ہے” written in Latin letters?
ye meri ghalti hai. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "this is my mistake": the mistake and the fault in one word. To admit it first is a sign of strength here, not weakness. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.