Pakistan

The Urdu word for “mango” is آم (ām). It is short, and everyone in Pakistan uses it.

In Pakistan people say آرٹ (ārṭ), borrowed from English, for art in the sense of painting and design.

In Urdu you say “I like you” as مجھے تم پسند ہو (mujhe tum pasand ho).

The plain way to say “go away” in Pakistan is یہاں سے چلے جاؤ (yahan se chale jao). To someone you must respect, say چلے جائیں (chale jaen).

In Pakistan people say اللہ آپ کو سلامت رکھے (Allah aap ko salamat rakhe), “may God keep you safe”.

The standard Urdu word for “husband” is شوہر (shauhar). You will also hear خاوند (khāvand) in formal speech and میاں (miyāñ) in everyday talk.

The Urdu word for “good” is اچھا (achha) for masculine nouns and اچھی (achhi) for feminine ones. For “very good”, say بہت اچھا (bohat achha).

In Pakistan you introduce yourself with میرا نام … ہے (merā nām … hai). Put your name in the gap, for example میرا نام علی ہے (merā nām ʿalī hai).

The usual way to say “hurry up” in Pakistan is جلدی کرو (jaldī karo). To be polite use جلدی کریں (jaldī karaiñ).

For “daddy”, Pakistani children most often say پاپا (papa).