مجھے پیاس لگی ہے
“مجھے پیاس لگی ہے” (mujhe pyas lagi hai) — I am thirsty in Urdu. Phrase, level A1. The same turn as with hunger: the thirst attaches itself. Add paani after it — and the request is built. In a live sentence: “مجھے پیاس لگی ہے، پانی دو” — I am thirsty — give me water. Written with the characters م, ج, ھ, ے, پ, ی, ا, س, ل, گ, ی, ہ… A word from the everyday Urdu course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | مجھے پیاس لگی ہے |
| Read in Latin letters | mujhe pyas lagi hai |
| Translation | I am thirsty |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The same turn as with hunger: the thirst attaches itself. Add paani after it — and the request is built
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.
- مجھے پیاس لگی ہے، پانی دوmujhe pyas lagi hai, pani doI am thirsty — give me water
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 “I am thirsty” in Urdu?
«مجھے پیاس لگی ہے», read “mujhe pyas lagi hai”. In a live sentence: “مجھے پیاس لگی ہے، پانی دو” — I am thirsty — give me water. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters م, ج, ھ, ے, پ, ی, ا, س, ل, گ, ی, ہ…
How is “مجھے پیاس لگی ہے” written in Latin letters?
mujhe pyas lagi 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?
The same turn as with hunger: the thirst attaches itself. Add paani after it — and the request is built. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.