How this plan works
URDU IN TWENTY DAYS
بیس دن میں اردو
URDU IN TWENTY DAYS
A Bengali Speaker’s Route to Conversational Urdu
Built for conversation, not examination
Target: functional daily speech in Faisalabad before departure
| PARAMETER | SETTING |
|---|---|
| Base language | Bengali |
| Script | Nastaliq + Roman transliteration |
| Daily load | Flexible — modular three-layer days |
| Total commitment | Approx. 20 hours over 20 days |
| Destination | University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Punjab |
| Outcome | A1 survival conversation — a foothold, not fluency |
How to Use This Plan
The three-layer day
Each day is built in three layers. On a heavy work day, do the core alone and mark the day complete.
CORE ~25 min · compulsory
Sound drill, new frames, then speak aloud. Recording yourself is part of this, not an optional extra.
EXTEND +20 min · protect this when you can
Listening and shadowing. This is the layer that closes the comprehension gap — your weakest skill throughout.
OVERFLOW +15 min · pure bonus
Nastaliq reading. Dropping it entirely still delivers the conversational goal.
THE MISSED-DAY RULE Never skip forward to catch up. Do core-only and stay on sequence. The plan is built to absorb two or three half-days without breaking.
How to read the tables
Every vocabulary item is presented up to four ways. The fourth column is what makes this a twenty-day plan rather than a sixty-day one — it is the reason a Bengali speaker can move this fast.
| URDU | ROMAN | ENGLISH | BENGALI |
|---|---|---|---|
| مجھے پانی چاہیے | mujhe paani chahiye | I need water | চাই → chahiye |
| یہ کتنے کا ہے؟ | yeh kitne ka hai? | How much is this? | কত → kitne |
| کوئی بات نہیں | koi baat nahi | Never mind | বাত = কথা |
| مجھے دیر ہو گئی | mujhe der ho gayi | I’m late | দেরি → der |
| آپ کا نام کیا ہے؟ | aap ka naam kya hai? | What’s your name? | নাম → naam |
| بہت شکریہ | bohot shukriya | Thank you very much | শুক্রিয়া, same word |
A NOTE ON FONTS The Urdu in this document renders in whatever Arabic-script font your system supplies. For proper Nastaliq — the slanted, cascading style used in Pakistan — install a free font such as Jameel Noori Nastaleeq or Noto Nastaliq Urdu, then select the document text and apply it. Everything remains readable either way.