Time to cash in. Every word below is one you learned in the speaking levels — now decode it letter by letter. Read right to left, find the shapes, let the dots guide you.
شکریہshukriya — thank youshīn + kāf + re + ye + choṭī he
Good to know
✨ You just read اردو — the language's own name — in its own script. The alif–re break and the dāl–wā'o break mean this four-letter word sits in three separate pieces.
✨ Urdu spelling is far more regular than English: once you know the letters, most words read exactly as written. No 'though/tough/through' nonsense.
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