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Urdu: An Essential Grammar (Essential Grammars)

By Ruth Laila Schmidt

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1999
ISBN
9780415163811, 0415163811, 0415163803, 9780415163804
LCC
PK1973 .S36 1999
Open Library ID
OL45232M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6535884 bytes)
Series
Essential Grammars
Pages
161\161
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36
урду;ГрамматикаЯзыки и языкознание;Хинди

Description

I am an american born Pakistani who only began to learn Urdu late in life (age 18 or so). 10 years later, I am somewhat proficient in the language, but not fluent by any means. Through my years of speaking and book study, this book answers most of the many questions which I have had and which no one (not even my parents, who are native urdu speakers and also speak english well) has been able to answer to my satisfaction. I felt like I had an epiphany each day that I read this. I highly recommend this book for those attempting to learn the language on their own without formal classroom experience.

One caveat, to which I allude in the title of my review, is that this book is not for beginners. I recommend a simpler book first which will familiarize you with the language. After that, this book provides excellent further study. It is the best resource I have found on the market.

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