Is this how people speak Urdu/English in Pakistan...

[JonyBr]

Re: Is this how people speak Urdu/English in Pakistan…

@Sadiyah

I beg to differ.

Yes, there are words that are now literally impossible to translate into Urdu. Nonetheless, it does not mean you start throwing in every random English word that you can think of that already has its counterpart in Urdu.

For instance…

banana - kela
apple - saib
chair - kursi
and the list goes on

Now there are words such as microwave, tv, radio, movie, etc. that do not have Urdu counterparts. So it will not look bad if someone uses the preceding words while conversing in Urdu.

Like I mentioned before by not having urdu words for certain things ppl slowly make a habit to use englsih instead, specially when those words r scientific/technology related there is so much more phsychological presure & ppl assume who dont use english words are un-educated, hence they try to use english words more.

Furthermore, this transformation of words is not new, there r hundreds of other words in every language that r taken from other languages. For e.g. actual urdu word for “mother in law” is “khush daman” but how many of use that? the word instead used is “saas” which is a persian word meaning a “blood sucking bug”, an Hindi word is “sasu”. But these words go un-noticed, while words from english does not, prolly two of the reasons could be, they r more prominent to identify or maybe we r still under west influence & need our freedom.

@Sadiyah

However, it does sound ridiculous when says for instance, ‘mujhay chair la do. mainay chair par beth kar movie watch karni hai’.

This sentence can easily be spoken in Urdu: ‘mujhay kursi la do idhar. mai kursi par beth kar movie dekhoon gi’.

I hope you get what I’m trying to say.

U think it is, they think it is not, they have a right to think as they like, u cant call them ridiculous for what they think.

@Sadiyah

People outside of Pakistan get desi channels because they want to hear their own language and watch their own programs. It doesn’t sound too nice when you see people trying really hard to speak in another language.

Although i have my diffrences from most of the TV shows these days, prolly the reason is the moderen youth in charge of such industry who is mostly unfamiliar with the arts, literature & culture & is more interested in buisness, fashion & west. Prolly the chef u r talking about is from some high class 5 star hotel etc hence u can see his attitude has become to adjust in his environment there.

But then again, if u think just to entertain few ppl who r aboard he should speak in urdu & not his own way is void. As u have a right to do things as u like, he has the same, he is a expert in cooking not in talking.

@Sadiyah

Try watching a Chinese, French, Arabic, Italian, or any other cultural program. They would be speaking 95-98% of their language with a few words of English thrown here and there. Whereas, many Pakistani programs make a mess of both English and Urdu.

Dont compare elephant with a rabbit, they r diffrent & have diffrent qualities & flaws. The languages u mentioned r either rich in scientific research or economically. Urdu is rich in neither. In one of the survey few years back, if u translate all of the scientific journals in urdu it will cost as much as the whole budget of kuwait, can we afford it? No. We cant. Whats is the alternative? learn their language & adopt the words. If there was a research, their would be words that we were inventing, that too is not the case.