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Ok as an urdu speaking paki i can tell you a few things Aisha Send a noteboard - 12/08/2010 05:41:52 AM
First of all did you convert for your girl? If you did and you pretend to be more religious than you actually are to save face in front of the "community" you will earn brownie points with the family. It will soften the blow of their daughter marrying a "gora". I had a similar family drama when my sister brought home a black guy, the shit hit the fan. And my brother married a white girl from Canada in January so I have had all sorts of experience with this. MY parents are super traditional and quite religious and at the end of the day they just want us to be married to muslims regardless of color. Hopefully her parents are the same way. If they try to really object to you marrying your girlfriend just come at them from a religious standpoint about how islamically they have no right to stop you form marrying her if you converted.
now as far as learning urdu. I find it ridiculous she doesnt have the time to teach you but maybe you can learn after you are married. I have A LOT of friends who married white/hispanic/black Americans and after a few years of living together the guys speak better urdu than me sometimes.

When you meet her family greet them with a salam and that will go a long way into them accepting you.

Also hindi and urdu are not as simialr as some people here are telling you. What you see in a bollywood movie is not really hindi its a mixture or urdu and hindi so they can have a bigger audience all over Asia. Im not sure a language program for hindi will even teach you bollywood hindi as opposed to actual hardcore hindi. And i bet you 500 buck your girl doesnt even know how to read or write urdu (very few of us here do) so just focus on speaking it and not reading it.

But like Anjum said, you are in for some major drama so good luck with that shit!

So I've been dating a Pakistani girl for almost two years (this is not the subject of this post. Though I could write a long post about our struggles, believe me). She would really like it if I learned her language. She speaks perfect English by the way. In fact, the first time I heard her speak I was taken aback. She has sort of a Valley girl accent. I was not expecting that accent to come from a Middle-Eastern girl (oh sorry, Asian as she always corrects me).

I digress, sorry. Her native language is Urdu. To my surprise, the fabulous Rosetta Stone people haven't made the learning software for this language, despite the fact that it's spoken by millions of people. But they have made a Hindi software. My girlfriend tells me that Hindi is very similar to Urdu and that if I learn Hindi then I will understand Urdu. But writing in Hindi is very different than writing in Urdu. Rosetta Stone teaches you how to speak and read the language.

Should I spend all that money to learn Hindi when it might just confuse me? My girlfriend doesn't have the time to teach me, in case you're wondering. And the software out there for Urdu seems like a joke. Any advice?
Aisha - formerly known as randschicka
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I need some advice on learning a language - 11/08/2010 05:27:52 PM 667 Views
For the amount of money that the Rosetta Stone software costs... - 11/08/2010 05:35:37 PM 558 Views
Haha not quite; Texas. Also why I was so surprised *NM* - 11/08/2010 05:44:28 PM 230 Views
where in Tx is your g/f from? - 12/08/2010 05:44:03 AM 488 Views
If thats true then I definitely can't tell you! *NM* - 12/08/2010 06:15:24 AM 232 Views
It shouldn't be too hard to find a book + CD you can learn from. Why is software so important? *NM* - 11/08/2010 05:38:48 PM 271 Views
Because my free time consists of 2 hours before bed *NM* - 11/08/2010 05:45:16 PM 223 Views
And? - 11/08/2010 06:17:22 PM 488 Views
Oh I thought you were asking why I don't go to a class *NM* - 11/08/2010 06:24:43 PM 213 Views
find a new girlfriend? - 11/08/2010 05:45:19 PM 523 Views
Yeah, it would be silly to waste your time on Devanagari when you need to learn the Arabic alphabet. - 11/08/2010 05:48:22 PM 579 Views
Very helpful! Thanks! - 11/08/2010 06:09:09 PM 539 Views
Hindi is pretty much the same as Urdu speaking wise.... - 11/08/2010 06:17:50 PM 597 Views
My girlfriend has family in Canada... - 11/08/2010 06:23:35 PM 516 Views
Seems like after two years, it might be time to let her family know about you... *NM* - 11/08/2010 06:43:55 PM 235 Views
We're about at that point - 11/08/2010 06:48:42 PM 460 Views
That makes sense, yes. - 11/08/2010 06:52:53 PM 512 Views
I know the fear, yes - 11/08/2010 07:41:16 PM 563 Views
Is your status in society the same in Indian culture as it is in Pakistani culture? - 11/08/2010 07:46:48 PM 569 Views
Re: Is your status in society the same in Indian culture as it is in Pakistani culture? - 11/08/2010 08:01:44 PM 589 Views
Rant all you want! - 11/08/2010 08:18:54 PM 435 Views
Oh my goodness.... - 11/08/2010 08:21:16 PM 669 Views
I have family in Texas, lol - 11/08/2010 06:50:25 PM 510 Views
A kindred spirit! - 11/08/2010 07:06:25 PM 578 Views
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Wow I'm not alone! - 11/08/2010 07:27:02 PM 530 Views
You are right, - 11/08/2010 07:37:15 PM 562 Views
I hear you - 11/08/2010 07:43:07 PM 592 Views
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I learn something new everyday. I did not know that. Fascinating - 11/08/2010 08:17:16 PM 508 Views
I think you're missing the important thing here. Why does she want you to learn it? *NM* - 11/08/2010 06:32:58 PM 219 Views
Because she speaks to her family/friends in her language and doesnt want me left out - 11/08/2010 06:38:00 PM 507 Views
Okay, but none of them speak English? *NM* - 11/08/2010 06:42:25 PM 229 Views
Yes but its really a cultural thing - 11/08/2010 06:46:01 PM 493 Views
It makes sense. - 12/08/2010 07:47:12 PM 658 Views
It does - 12/08/2010 07:55:31 PM 741 Views
No, I haven't read them all. - 12/08/2010 08:08:14 PM 410 Views
Why shouldn't she? *NM* - 11/08/2010 06:44:14 PM 229 Views
Re: Why shouldn't she? - 12/08/2010 07:54:47 PM 471 Views
why not? it's a part of her and languages are fun. - 12/08/2010 03:33:53 AM 495 Views
Re: languages are fun. That depends. - 12/08/2010 08:03:06 PM 516 Views
My advice - 11/08/2010 07:28:39 PM 768 Views
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I'm definitely going to check that out! *NM* - 11/08/2010 07:44:18 PM 246 Views
You too, huh? - 11/08/2010 08:07:44 PM 524 Views
Yeah, I love the Finnish language - 11/08/2010 08:47:09 PM 482 Views
Ohhh. That's a much better reason than mine. - 11/08/2010 08:49:34 PM 487 Views
Ok as an urdu speaking paki i can tell you a few things - 12/08/2010 05:41:52 AM 632 Views
Or... - 12/08/2010 11:00:42 AM 506 Views
Re: Or... - 12/08/2010 04:57:59 PM 518 Views
Good luck and God bless. - 12/08/2010 11:50:18 AM 461 Views
youre moving to Karachi? *NM* - 12/08/2010 04:59:25 PM 203 Views
Er, no. - 12/08/2010 05:16:51 PM 786 Views

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