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Sat sri akāl Lesson 13 on Basic Punjabi!

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English Punjabi

Hey! the annual concert is on

Friday

Sālānā sangeet sabha sukarwar nu

hai

Are you participating in it? Ki tusi uh vich bhag lai riha ho?

I'm participating in a sport Maiṁ ik khed vich bhag lai riha haṁ

I'm reciting a poem Maiṁ ik kavita pesh kar riha haṁ

I'm singing a song Maiṁ ik geet ga riha haṁ

I'm performing a dance Maiṁ ik nritya/ naach (pesh) kar riha

haṁ

I'm dancing on ___ Maiṁ _____ utē naach kar riha haṁ

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English Punjabi

Please come sit here.(sofa/offer a

chair)Kripā ithē Betho ji (sōphā/kurāsī)

Are you comfortable/ok/fine

here?Kī tusī ithē theek ho?

Would you like to have

something?

Kī tusī kucch longe?

A glass of water/ or tea? Ik galās pāṇī/jāṁ cha

So, how is everyone else.. (in the

family?)

Hor bāāki sāb paravār vich kidda /

kivēṁ hai?

It was nice meeting you Tuhānū mil ke āchā lagā

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Lesson objects

1 Conversations at the store

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Common shops

English Punjabi

Bank Baiṅk

Bookstore Kitāba ki dukān

Jewelry Jēvara

Camera store Kaimarṛē ki dukān

Produce store [grocer] Ki dukān

Clothing store Kapaṛē ki dukān

[Clothes shop] Vi'anjan

Drugstore Davā'ī ki dukān

Shoe store Jute ki dukān

Toy store Khiḍauṇo ki dukān

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Conversation

When does this shop open?

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Conversation

When does this shop open?

kadōṁ hai ih dukān khuldi

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Conversation

To open = khul'haṇā

When does this shop open?

Ih dukān kadōṁ khuldi hai?

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Conversation

Is your shop open in the evening?

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Conversation

Is your shop open in the evening

Kī tuhāḍī dukān khuli nū(or vic) śām

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Conversation

Is your shop open in the evening?

Kī tuhāḍī dukān śām nū (or vic) khuli hai?

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Conversation

It’s my turn in the line

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Conversation

It’s my turn in the line

Ih mērī vārī vic line

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Conversation

Turn takes up feminine gender hence mērī

It’s my turn in the line

Ih line vic mērī vārī hai

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Conversation

I would like to buy a ___

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Conversation

I would like to buy a _____

Maiṁ chahudā hāṁ kharīdaṇā ik _____

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Conversation

Want to / like to = Chāhuṇā

I’d like to buy a ___

Maiṁ ik ____ kharīdaṇā chahudā hāṁ

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Conversation

Could you show me the ___

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Conversation

Could you show me the _____

Kī tusīṁ vikhā sakde ho mainū ____

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Grammar tip

Vikhā means to show/display To convey ability to show we

add "sakde" therefore we say "Vikhā sakde ho"

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Conversation

Could you show me the ___

Kī tusīṁ mainū ___ vikhā sakde ho

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Conversation

Do you have any ____

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Conversation

Do you have any ___

Kī tuhāḍē kōla kō'ī ___

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Grammar tip

Kōla = to have in vicinity/near (possession), not to be confused with

"To have food = eat"

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Grammar tip

The verb “to-have” indicates possession unless used in the context of eating (having food)

Such verbs always follow the subject in whose possession the object is

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Conversation

Do you have any ____ ?

Kī tuhāḍē kōla kō'ī ___ hai?

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Conversation

I would like to see that_____

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Conversation

I would like to see that

Maiṁ chahudā hāṁ vēkhaṇā uh

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Conversation

Want to / like to = chāhuṇā

I would like to see that _____

Maiṁ uh vēkhaṇā chahudā hāṁ ____

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Conversation

I'll take it

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Conversation

I'll take it

Maiṁ laiga ih

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Conversation

I'll take it

Maiṁ ih laiga

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Conversation

How much is it for?

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Conversation

How much is it for

kinne hai ih dā

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For = dāHow much is usually said as kinne dā

How much is it for?

Ih kinne dā hai?

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Conversation

Keep the change

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Conversation

To keep = rakh laina

Keep the change

Change rakh lai

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English Punjabi

When does this shop open? Ih dukān kadōṁ khuldi hai?

Is your shop open in the

evening?

Kī tuhāḍī dukān śām nū (or vic) khuli

hai?

It’s my turn in the line Ih line vic mērī vārī hai

I would like to buy a ___ Maiṁ ik____ kharīdaṇā chahudā hāṁ

Could you show me the ____ Kī tusīṁ mainū…vikhā sakde ho

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English Punjabi

Do you have any___ Kī tuhāḍē kōla kō'ī ___ hai?

I would like to see that ____ Maiṁ uh vēkhaṇā chahudā hāṁ ___

I'll take it Maiṁ ih laiga

How much is it for? Ih kinne dā hai?

Keep the change Change rakh lai

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See you at the Alley!

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