Flashcards by topic in Urdu
Use compact Urdu topic decks and spaced recall to make a daily review habit more useful than a one-off word list.
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Cards carry memory: کارڈ (card) — one word, one side; meaning, the other. یادداشت (memory) strengthens with every recall; بھولنا (forgetting) is just unreviewed memory. Build decks per topic — greetings, food, verbs — and review each separately.
Spacing schedules success: وقفہ (interval) — review new cards tomorrow, then in three days, seven, thirty. پھر پھر (again and again), but wider each time. Cramming fills hours; spacing fills years.
Rhythms sustain streaks: روز (daily) quick decks, ہفتہ وار (weekly) full reviews, ماہانہ (monthly) championships. Ten daily minutes beat Sunday marathons; streaks turn study into عادت (habit).
Scores gamify growth: نمبر (marks), مقابلہ (contest), کامیابی (achievement) — even ہار (defeat) teaches. Quiz yourself, beat yesterday's score, celebrate loudly. Flashcards are games that pay in fluency.
Words and phrases for this topic
| English | Urdu | Sounds like |
|---|---|---|
| Card | کارڈ | kaard |
| Memory | یادداشت | yaaddaasht |
| Forgetting | بھولنا | bhoolanaa |
| Revision / review | دہرائی | dohraai |
| Score / marks | نمبر | number |
| Contest / quiz game | مقابلہ | muqaablaa |
| Achievement | کامیابی | kaamyaabi |
| Failure / defeat | ہار | haar |
| Interval / space | وقفہ | vaqfaa |
| Again and again | پھر پھر | phir phir |
| Daily | روز | roz |
| Weekly | ہفتہ وار | haftaa-vaar |
| Monthly | ماہانہ | maahaanaa |
Language, culture, and common traps
Practice: recall, then use
Use this quick recall drill for Flashcards by topic. Hide the script and romanisation columns; say the Urdu form for each cue before revealing its row, then check spelling and sound. The phrase-table speaker buttons provide a model when a matching browser voice is available.
- Card
- Achievement
- Monthly
Transfer practice. Use the three cues as active-recall cards: try each answer before turning to the key, then revisit the ones you missed after a short break. Shuffle the order on the next pass. Do not count a card as learned just because the answer looks familiar while it is visible. Start from کارڈ (kaard) and decide whether it fits the situation before using it elsewhere.
Context check. For Flashcards by topic, “Monthly” belongs to a particular setting. A common mistake is to treat an English gloss as universal; read the language-specific note above and ask a fluent speaker when local usage differs.
Check your recall: answer key
- کارڈ kaard — Card
- کامیابی kaamyaabi — Achievement
- ماہانہ maahaanaa — Monthly
Questions learners ask
پھر پھر (again and again) — but spaced: 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 30 days. وقفہ (spacing) beats cramming; یادداشت (memory) loves intervals.
Five to ten per topic — quality over quantity. Master one کارڈ deck fully before opening the next; half-known decks rot.
روز (daily) short sessions — ten minutes, every day, no exceptions. Streaks compound; بھولنا (forgetting) loses to routine.