English→Urdu

Translate English to Urdu like a local.

Conversational Urdu with the aap and tum politeness distinction handled correctly and the everyday vocabulary of Pakistan.

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What locals actually say

How are you?

آپ کیسے ہیں؟

“Aap” is the respectful you. Opening with “tum” toward a stranger or an elder reads as rude, so register is chosen before anything else.

Thank you so much.

بہت شکریہ۔

“Bahut shukriya” is the natural everyday thanks across Pakistan, warmer than a stiff formal construction.

Where can I get a taxi?

ٹیکسی کہاں سے ملے گی؟

“Kahan se milegi”, literally where will it be found, is how locals actually ask. A word for word translation of the English sounds mechanical.

How much will this cost?

یہ کتنے کا پڑے گا؟

پڑنا in کتنے کا پڑے گا is a colloquial Urdu construction for the expected price, common in everyday Pakistani speech.

Let’s order biryani.

چلیں بریانی آرڈر کرتے ہیں۔

چلیں is a polite inclusive suggestion meaning let’s, while آرڈر is a natural English loanword in contemporary Pakistani Urdu.

Please give my regards to your mother.

اپنی امی کو میرا سلام کہیے گا۔

امی is the familiar Pakistani Urdu word for mother, and کہیے گا adds a respectful, gently worded request.

Can you send me the file?

کیا آپ مجھے فائل بھیج سکتے ہیں؟

آپ with سکتے ہیں marks respectful address, while فائل is the everyday English loanword used in Pakistani workplaces.

It looks like it’s going to rain.

لگتا ہے بارش ہونے والی ہے۔

بارش ہونے والی ہے is an Urdu imminent-action construction that signals rain appears likely to start soon.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Urdu differs

Pakistani Urdu. آپ respectful default; contemporary Karachi/Lahore register; everyday English loanwords natural in casual text; nastaliq-style orthography conventions.

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