ٹھیک نہیں ہو سکتا
“ٹھیک نہیں ہو سکتا” (thik nahin ho sakta) — it cannot be repaired in Urdu. Phrase, level B1. Literally "it cannot become right": the sentence of the dead phone. In a live sentence: “اب یہ ٹھیک نہیں ہو سکتا” — Now it cannot be repaired. Written with the characters ٹ, ھ, ی, ک, ن, ہ, ی, ں, ہ, و, س, ک… A word from the everyday Urdu course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | ٹھیک نہیں ہو سکتا |
| Read in Latin letters | thik nahin ho sakta |
| Translation | it cannot be repaired |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "it cannot become right": the sentence of the dead phone
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.
- اب یہ ٹھیک نہیں ہو سکتاab ye thik nahin ho saktaNow it cannot be repaired
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 “it cannot be repaired” in Urdu?
«ٹھیک نہیں ہو سکتا», read “thik nahin ho sakta”. In a live sentence: “اب یہ ٹھیک نہیں ہو سکتا” — Now it cannot be repaired. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ٹ, ھ, ی, ک, ن, ہ, ی, ں, ہ, و, س, ک…
How is “ٹھیک نہیں ہو سکتا” written in Latin letters?
thik nahin ho sakta. 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 "it cannot become right": the sentence of the dead phone. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.