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Overview of the A2 Elementary Level
At the A2 Elementary level of this Urdu course, you move beyond single words and very simple phrases and start to build small, meaningful conversations. You already know the very basics from A1, such as greetings, simple present tense, basic sentence order, and some everyday vocabulary.
Now, at A2, you will begin to talk about the past and the future, describe things with more detail, and ask more natural questions. You will also learn how to handle everyday situations like shopping, ordering food, or giving directions in simple but complete Urdu sentences.
This chapter gives you a clear picture of what you will be able to do at the end of the A2 Elementary section, and how the different A2 chapters fit together.
What You Will Be Able to Do at A2
By the end of A2, you should be able to:
- Talk about past events in a basic way
- Speak about your plans and intentions for the future
- Describe people, things, and places with simple adjectives
- Ask and answer more detailed questions
- Handle simple real-life tasks in Urdu, such as:
- Buying things and talking about prices
- Ordering food in a restaurant
- Asking for and giving directions
- Express simple likes, dislikes, and abilities
- Make comparisons, like saying something is bigger, smaller, better, or worse
- Take part in short, guided dialogues and role-plays
You will still use very simple grammar and vocabulary, but with more confidence and flexibility than at the A1 Beginner level.
Structure of the A2 Elementary Section
The A2 part of the course is divided into several main areas. Each area has its own chapters, which you will study one by one. Here is how they connect and what is special about each group.
1. Past and Future: Talking about Time
At A1 you focused on the present. At A2, you begin to move in time.
You will learn:
- Past Tense Basics
- How to say what you did, what happened, and what you have done
- How to use the perfect tense
- How to recognize and start using the ergative marker نے with certain verbs in the past
- Future Tense
- How to talk about what will happen
- How to use the future markers گا, گی, گے with verbs
- How to talk about plans and intentions, such as:
- “I will go tomorrow.”
- “We will meet next week.”
These chapters will give you the tools to tell simple stories about your day or your weekend, and to say what you are going to do later.
2. Describing People and Things
To make your Urdu more expressive, you need adjectives and you need them to agree with nouns.
You will learn:
- Adjectives and Agreement
- How adjectives change according to gender and number
- Common descriptive adjectives for:
- People (tall, short, young, old)
- Objects (big, small, new, old)
- Feelings (happy, sad, tired)
This allows you to move from “This is a house” to “This is a big house” or “That is an old car.”
3. Asking Better Questions
You already know how to ask very basic questions at A1. At A2, you will make your questions more varied and more natural.
You will learn:
- Question Words
- Words such as کیا, کب, کہاں, کیوں and others
- How to form:
- Yes/no questions, such as “Are you coming?”, “Do you like tea?”
- Open questions, such as “Where do you live?”, “Why are you late?”
This will help you have more active conversations, not just answer but also ask.
4. Talking about Place: Locations and Directions
To manage in real life, you must be able to understand and give basic directions in Urdu.
You will learn:
- Postpositions related to place, such as “in,” “on,” “under,” “near”
- How to:
- Ask where something is
- Give simple directions, such as “Go straight,” “Turn left,” “It is next to the bank”
These skills are important for travel, navigation, and daily life in Urdu-speaking environments.
5. Food, Shopping, and Everyday Transactions
A2 focuses strongly on survival language for everyday situations.
You will learn:
- Food and Eating
- How to order food in a café or restaurant
- How to express likes and dislikes about food and drinks
- Shopping and Money
- How to ask about prices
- Basic bargaining phrases that are common in South Asian markets
- How to talk about quantities and measures, such as “half kilo,” “a little,” “a lot”
With this, you can carry out simple but complete interactions as a customer.
6. Expressing Ability and Making Comparisons
To make your speech richer, you need to express what you can or cannot do, and to compare things.
You will learn:
- Modal Expressions
- How to say you can or are allowed to do something, using forms with سکتا, سکتی, سکتے
- Comparisons
- Expressions with “more” and “less”
- How to form comparative and superlative structures, like “bigger,” “the biggest,” “better,” “the best”
These chapters help you talk about preferences, skills, and differences in a simple way.
7. Short Conversations and Dialogues
Finally, A2 brings together grammar and vocabulary into real, communicative use.
You will work with:
- Short conversations and dialogues based on:
- Real-life scenarios, such as:
- Buying something
- Ordering food
- Asking for directions
- Talking briefly about your day
- Role-play exercises, where you practice both sides of a conversation
These chapters help you combine all your A2 knowledge in realistic, short interactions.
How A2 Builds on A1 and Prepares for B1
A2 is a bridge between very simple beginner Urdu and more flexible, independent use of the language.
From A1 to A2, you move:
- From only present time to past and future
- From simple nouns and verbs to adjectives, modal expressions, and comparisons
- From one-word or two-word replies to short but complete sentences
- From very controlled exercises to guided dialogues
A2 prepares you for B1 Intermediate, where you will start handling:
- Continuous tenses
- More complex sentence structures
- Reasons, opinions, and more detailed descriptions
At A2, your aim is not perfection, but functional communication. Mistakes are normal, but you will already be able to make yourself understood in many everyday situations.
Study Tips for A2 Elementary
Here are some practical ways to make the most of this level:
Important study tips for A2:
- Recycle A1 material regularly, so you do not forget basics while learning new structures.
- Practice speaking aloud, even alone, to get used to new verb forms and question patterns.
- Use short dialogues from the course as mini scripts. Repeat them, then change a few words to create your own versions.
- Focus on accuracy in new forms, such as past tense and future markers, but do not stop speaking because of small mistakes.
- Build a personal vocabulary list with useful words from everyday life, and review it often.
You can study the A2 chapters in order, or go back to certain areas, such as “Food and Eating” or “Shopping and Money,” when you need them for a real-life situation.
Example Situations You Will Handle at A2
Here are a few sample situations that will become possible, or easier, for you in Urdu after finishing A2:
| Situation type | What you will be able to do (in simple Urdu) |
|---|---|
| Talking about yesterday | Say what you did, where you went, and who you met |
| Making plans | Talk about what you will do tomorrow or next week |
| Describing people | Say what someone looks like, their age, and simple personality |
| At a restaurant | Order food, ask about ingredients, say what you like or dislike |
| At a shop or market | Ask the price, talk about quantity, and use basic bargaining |
| Asking questions | Use question words to get information about time, place, reason |
| Directions in a city | Ask where a place is and understand or give short directions |
| Preferences and ability | Say what you can do and what you prefer, using simple structures |
Each specific A2 chapter will give you the detailed language needed for these scenarios.
New Vocabulary for This Chapter
This chapter is an overview, so vocabulary is limited and mostly thematic. Still, here are some useful English terms that will be used often in the A2 Urdu grammar context:
| English term | Explanation (for this course) |
|---|---|
| Elementary (A2) | Second basic level after Beginner (A1) |
| Perfect tense | A basic past tense form you will learn to talk about completed actions |
| Ergative marker | A special marker in Urdu (نے) used with some past tense sentences |
| Future marker | Elements like گا, گی, گے that indicate future time with verbs |
| Adjective | A word that describes a noun, such as big, small, happy |
| Agreement | When words change form to match gender or number |
| Postposition | A word like “in, on, near,” but placed after the noun in Urdu |
| Modal expression | A way to express ability or permission (for example “can,” “may”) |
| Comparative | A form used to compare two things (bigger, more beautiful) |
| Superlative | A form used to show the highest degree (biggest, most beautiful) |
| Role-play | Practicing a conversation by acting different roles |
| Dialogue | A written or spoken conversation between two or more people |
In the following chapters of A2, you will see more Urdu examples and detailed explanations. This overview helps you see the full picture of what you are about to learn at the Elementary level.