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where have you been upto?

17:19 Sep 15, 2008

English to Urdu translations [Non-PRO]
Other / where have you been upto?

English term or phrase: where have you been upto?

adil

Summary of answers provided

آپ اب تک کہاں تھے؟/ آپ اب تک کیا کر رہے تھے؟

Terjumaan

4 +1

آپ ابھی تک کہاں تھے؟ آپ ابھی تک کیا کر رہے تھے

Irshad Muhammad

4 +1

ا کرتے (کرتی)رہے(رہی) ہو؟، آجکل کیا ہو رہا ہے؟، کیا کچھ کررہے (رہی)ہو؟ / کہاں تھے (تھی) اب تک؟

u2me2them

آپ کس مقصد کے لئے کہاں رہے؟

aburiaz

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

25 mins confidence:

آپ کس مقصد کے لئے کہاں رہے؟

Explanation:
The first part of the sentence is simple 'Where have you been' meaning ' aap kahan rahay ?'

'Upto' is a little confusing. It can either be 'Upto which place' or 'for what purpose'

The latter appeals me much, so I have inserted it.

Comments are invited from readers please.

aburiaz
Pakistan
Local time: 15:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Urdu,

Panjabi
PRO pts in category: 8

44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ا کرتے (کرتی)رہے(رہی) ہو؟، آجکل کیا ہو رہا ہے؟، کیا کچھ کررہے (رہی)ہو؟ / کہاں تھے (تھی) اب تک؟

Explanation:
This is supposed to be: 'what have you been upto' instead of 'where'
IF.... this is definitely coming under the terms of ''where'' then in this case the question should be phrased as;
'' where have you been?''
which means is a response question and is enquiring about the activities or places where the person has been to up to that point.
However, if this is ''what have....
well this is an every day proper phrase;
It is a response question,
a conversation - filler,
also used in idle chit-chat.
It means asking what you have done during that day/week regarding work or leisure activities, in the past tense.
Mainly used in end-of-day conversations within family, friends, colleagues etc.
It can also be asked after a particular day event, to enquire which of the activities that person carried out, from a number of particular other activities.
It is also a good 'blog' issue,
for e.g, check out the given link;

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-09-15 19:33:21 GMT)
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sorry the beginning of the sentence has got cut off for some reason... it's supposed to be;
کیا

Example sentence(s):

Maryam met up with Sanjana and asked her, ''so, what have you been upto today?''

Reference: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080815054513AA...

u2me2them
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:17
Native speaker of:

English,

Urdu

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

آپ ابھی تک کہاں تھے؟ آپ ابھی تک کیا کر رہے تھے

Explanation:
Well, English phrase is not correct but these type of mistakes are usual especially amongst the new learners. I've given the above two sugessions to help the asker that I seem appropriate.

Irshad Muhammad
Pakistan
Local time: 15:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Urdu

18 hrs confidence:

آپ اب تک کہاں تھے؟/ آپ اب تک کیا کر رہے تھے؟

Explanation:
Where it seems,in this sentence is in the sense of what and therefore the second one is what I would prefer:i.e what were you doing until now?

Terjumaan
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:17
Native speaker of:

Urdu,

English