His method was to write a short sentence and explain in detail its component parts.

With a certain awe Iris surveyed the intricacies of the Urdu compound verb, but, about her fourth lesson, she broke out into exclamations of extravagant joy.
"What on earth is the matter now ?" demanded her surprised mentor.
"Don't you see ?" she exclaimed, delightedly.

"Of course you don't! People who know a lot about a thing often miss its obvious points.

I have discovered how to write Kiplingese.

All you have to do is to tell your story in Urdu, translate it literally into English, and there you are!" "Quite so.