Great! Let us now delve deeper with the letters of the ‘be’ group starting with the letter ‘be’ itself.

2.2.1: ‘be’

This is the letter - 'be' ( Devanagari: बे | IPA: /beː/| Pronunciation: ).

It creates the sound of ‘b’ (ब | ) as in “bat”, “table”, “cab” or as in the Hindi/Urdu words - “ल्ला”, “अला”, “किता” etc.

2.2.2: ‘pe’

This is the letter - 'pe' ( Devanagari: पे | IPA: /peː/ | Pronunciation:  ).

It creates the sound of ‘p’ ( प |  ) as in “parrot", "tape", "cap" or as in the Hindi/Urdu words - “तला”, “अना”, “आ” etc.

2.2.3: ‘te’

This is the letter - 'te' ( Devanagari: ते | IPA: /t̪eː/|  Pronunciation:   ).

It creates the sound of a soft ‘t’ ( त |   ) as in the Hindi/Urdu words - “बला”, “पला”, “रा” etc.

2.2.4: ‘Te’

This is the letter - 'Te' ( Devanagari: टे | IPA: /ʈeː/| Pronunciation: ).

It creates the sound of ‘T’ ( ट |  ) as in “table", "gate", "mat" or as in the Hindi/Urdu words - “ख़ना”, “घना”, “घा” etc.

2.2.5: ‘se’

This is the letter - 'se' ( Devanagari: से | IPA: /seː/| Pronunciation: ).

It creates the sound of ‘s’ ( स |   ) as in “single", "sizzle", "bus" or as in the Hindi/Urdu words - “साबित”, “मरसिया”, “वारि” etc.


Fantastic! Having learnt these five new letters, let’s move on to making our first Urdu words. Let’s go!