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Sat sri akāl Lesson 8 on Basic Punjabi!
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Revision : Time & Duration
English Punjabi
One o’clock Ik vajē
Two o’clock Do vajē
One o’clock in morning Saver dē ik vajē
One o’clock in afternoon Dupahir dē ik vajē
Evening Śhām
Night Rāt
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English Punjabi
Second Saikniḍ
Minute Minṭ
Hour Ghanṭā
Day Din
Week Hafta
Month Mahīnā
Year Sāl
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Revision: Talking to friends
English Punjabi
Yes Hāṁ
No Nahīṁ
What’s up? Ki hō rihā hai?
How are you? Ki hāl hai?
Excuse me Gal suṇ
You’re welcome kō'ī gal nahīṁ
What happened? ki gal hai?
I don’t know Mainū nahīṁ patā
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Talking about hobbies – important words
English Punjabi
Hobby Śhauk
Like Pasand
To play Khēḍṇā
Sports Khēḍ
To sing Gāṇā
To learn Sikhṇā
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Revision: Talking about hobbies
English Punjabi
I like sports Mainū khēḍ pasand hai
I like to play
soccerMainū soccer khēḍaṇā pasand hai
What are your
hobbies?Tuhāḍē śhauk ki hai?
Do you like to sing? Ki tuhānū gāna pasand hai
I am learning soccer Maiṁ soccer sikh riha haṁ
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Lesson objects
1 Bridging the language gap
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Which languages do you speak? Do you speak English?
Does anyone speak English?
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
English Punjabi
Speak Bōlṇā
Language Bhāshā
Which Kihaṛā (masculine) Kihaṛi (feminie)
Anyone kō'ī
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Exception in “Wh” questions
“Wh” Question Structure
Subject | Interrogation| (Object) |
verb+to be verb
However, at times object may come before
interrogation – but even if you place it
after interrogation it is correct
Eg: What are your hobbies?
Tuhāḍē śhauk ki hai? OR Tuhāḍē ki
śhauk hai?
Both are correct, but interrogation
before object is more applicable for
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Which languages do you speak?
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Which languages do you speak
Kihaṛiyan bhāśhāvāṁ ho tusi bolde
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Which languages do you speak?
Tusi Kihaṛiyan bhāśāvāṁ bolde ho?
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Do you speak English?
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Do you speak English
Ki tusi bolde ho angrezi
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Do you speak English?
Ki tusi angrezi bolde ho?
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Does anyone speak English?
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Does anyone speak English
Ki kō‘ī bolda hai angrezi
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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Does anyone speak English?
Ki kō‘ī angrezi bolda ho?
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Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this word? What is the meaning of this sentence?
Before we translate, we will learn about : Demonstratives : This and That
Prepositions in Punjabi
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Demonstratives
Demonstratives are used to point out a particular item.
This = ih (indicates something close to the speaker)
That = uh (indicates something away from the speaker)
In Punjabi, demonstratives always come before the subject while forming
a sentence
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Prepositions (Postpositions)
In English, prepositions usually come
before subject/ noun. Hence they are
called Pre-positions
Eg:
In Chicago
On Monday
However, in Punjabi, prepositions are
actually used as postpositions and
usually come after the subject
Eg:
Chicago vich
Monday utē
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Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this word?
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Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this word
Ki hai matlab da ih shabad
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Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this word?
Ih shabd da ki matlab hai?
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Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this sentence?
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Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this sentence
Ki hai matlab da ih vāk
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Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this sentence?
ih vāk da ki matlab hai?
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Communicate ability to understand
I understood I did not understand
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Communicate ability to understand
English Punjabi
Understand Samajh
To understand Samajhna
Understood Samajh gi'ā/gai
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Communicate ability to understand
I understood
maiṁ samajh gi'ā / gai
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Grammar tip
“gi'ā” literally translates to went – understood is past tense. gi'ā is used
because gender is male(literally understanding is “gone” into my head)
hence gi'ā is used here
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Communicate ability to understand
I understood
Maiṁ samajh gi'ā / gai
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Communicate ability to understand
I did not understand
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Communicate ability to understand
I did not understand
Mainū nahīṁ samajh ā'i'ā
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Communicate ability to understand
Samajh ā'i'ā literally means understanding came
I did not understand
Mainū samajh nahīṁ ā'i'ā
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Communicate ability to understand
Understanding did not come = samajh nahīṁ ā'i'ā
You may just say samajh nahīṁ ā'i'ā if you don’t understand something
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Revision
English Punjabi
Which languages do you speak?Tusi Kihaṛiyan bhāśāvāṁ bolde
ho?
Do you speak English? Ki tusi angrezi bolde ho?
Does anyone speak English? Ki kō‘ī angrezi bolda ho?
What is the meaning of this word? Ih shabd da ki matlab hai?
What is the meaning of this
sentence?Ih vāk da ki matlab hai?
I understood Maiṁ samajh gi'ā / gai
I did not understand Mainū samajh nahīṁ ā'i'ā
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