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'iJLQ , FIRST LESSONS IN URDU BY GEORGE J. DANN, Baptist Missionary, Bankipore. CALCUTTA : PRINTED AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, 1911. PREFACE. THIS little book, like my ''First Lessons in Hindi/' has been written to supply a need. It is intended to help those who have to study Urdu in the Persian character from the beginning, and, for this reason, in the Exercises, Vocabularies, and Grammatical Notes, that character has been used a transliteration into Roman characters being ; added, as such a transliteration will be found useful to beginners. At the same time those who wish, at this stage, to learn to use only Roman-Urdu will find the book useful. The Grammatical Notes are only introductory and ele- mentary, as it is hoped that the student of this book will go forward to more extensive and profounder works. They will, it is to be hoped, lead up to Platts's " Hindu- stani Grammar," Kempson's "Syntax and Idioms of Hindustani/' and other works of amore advancedcharac- ter. The Vocabulary used is that of the simplest kind of Urdu, such as will be found helpful in acquiring the language of everyday life. Having laid a foundation of this kind, the student will find himself able to begin speaking thelanguage, a most important factor in acquiring a sound and accurate know- ledge of Urdu. Reading, writing and speaking should be cultivated simultaneously, or the student will perhaps find himself able to read intelligently, to discuss points of Grammar, and yet be unable to express his thoughts with and fluency accuracy. A Munshi will be found invaluable for teaching to write with facility and correctness,and for correcting his pupil's 2068080 IV PREFACE. pronunciation, and pointing out errors in speaking and writing, but not for teaching grammar and vocabulary. The student is, therefore, advised to master this little book at the outset, using the Munshi for help in writing, and spelling, and correcting pronunciation. Ifc has been found a very useful plan totake a book like one of the Gospels, of which the general meaning will be familiar to the student, and, deferring translation till the First Lessons have been mastered, hearing the Munshi read over slowly and distinctly, verse by verse, or paragraph byparagraph, then to read it after him, while he corrects errors in pronunciation. Then by the time this book has been digested, the student will have learnt to use his Dictionary and his Grammar, he will have got over the early difficulties of reading and pronunciation, and will find translation and speaking come easily. It is advisable to continue reading aloud to the Munshi, who should be given plainly to understand that he is expected to perfect his pupil in pronunciation and idiom. These are properly his busi- ness. If the student expects more from him, he will be disappointed. Faithful work with Dictionary and Gram- mai'j and persistent practice in speaking, are indispensable if one wishes to learn a modern language thoroughly, and the best works of this kind are, in the end, thecheapest. This little book will help the student to make a begin- ning. If he does not find all he wants in it, he may perhaps be asked to bear in mind that it is a very small and elementary work, and has therefore been made as simple as possible. G. J. DANN. BANKIPDR : August, 1911. CONTENTS. LESSON Page I. Reading Exercise 3 II. Transliteration Exercise 4 III. 5 IV. The Nominative Case, Gender andNumber 6 V. The Verb, Principal parts, The Imperfect Participle and its Tenses .. .. 9 VI. IntransitiveVerbs,Tensesfrom the Perfect Participle 12 VII. TraAngsietnitveanVderAbcsc,usTaetnisveesCfarsoemsthe Perfec.t. Participle.,.16 VIII. The Genitive Case .. .. .. 22 IX. The Imperative, The Dative Case .. ..25 X. The Aorist and Future Tenses .. .. 28 XI. The Ablative Case .. .. .. 31 XII. The Locative Case .. .. 34 XIII. The Conjunctive Participle .. .. 36 XIV. The Aorist Tense .. .. .. 39 XV. The Vocative Case, The Imperative, Relative and Correlative .. .. .. 43 XVI. The Infinitive andits Compounds .. 48 XVII. Compound Verbs, Completive, Potential, Con- tinuative .. .. .. 51 XVIII. Compound Verbs, Frequentative andDesiderative .. 55 XIX. Compound Verbs, Intensive .. .. 59 XX. Past Conditional, Noun of Agency .. 63 XXI. Nominal Verbs 66 .. .. .. XXII. DirectNarration, Prepositionsor Postpositions .. 70 XXIII. The Passive, The Particle of Similitude .. .. 74 XXIV. Conjunctions .. .. .. ..77 XXV. The Perfect and Imperfect Participles .. 81 XXVI. Adverbs andAdverbial Phrases .. 85 XXVII. Numerals .. .. .. 91 XXVIII. Presumptiveand Conditional Forms .. .. 97 Table of Declension .. .. .. 102 Table of Conjugation .. .. .. 103 Vocabularies . . 104
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