یہاں کھانا ہے یا لے جانا ہے؟
“یہاں کھانا ہے یا لے جانا ہے؟” (yahan khana hai ya le dzhana hai?) — for here or to go? in Urdu. Phrase, level A1. Literally "to eat here or to carry away?": the question about food is assembled from two "is". Street food most often leaves with you in a paper bundle. In a live sentence: “چکن یہاں کھانا ہے یا لے جانا ہے؟” — Is the chicken for here or to go? A word from the everyday Urdu course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | یہاں کھانا ہے یا لے جانا ہے؟ |
| Read in Latin letters | yahan khana hai ya le dzhana hai? |
| Translation | for here or to go? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to eat here or to carry away?": the question about food is assembled from two "is". Street food most often leaves with you in a paper bundle
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.
- چکن یہاں کھانا ہے یا لے جانا ہے؟chiken yahan khana hai ya le dzhana hai?Is the chicken for here or to go?
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 “for here or to go?” in Urdu?
«یہاں کھانا ہے یا لے جانا ہے؟», read “yahan khana hai ya le dzhana hai?” In a live sentence: “چکن یہاں کھانا ہے یا لے جانا ہے؟” — Is the chicken for here or to go? Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ی, ہ, ا, ں, ک, ھ, ا, ن, ا, ہ, ے, ی…
How is “یہاں کھانا ہے یا لے جانا ہے؟” written in Latin letters?
yahan khana hai ya le dzhana 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 "to eat here or to carry away?": the question about food is assembled from two "is". Street food most often leaves with you in a paper bundle. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.