This document provides a Punjabi language lesson on greetings, goodbyes, and basic conversations. It includes translations of common phrases from English to Punjabi with phonetic pronunciations. Key phrases covered include greetings like "Hello" and "Thank you", asking "How are you?", introducing oneself, and saying goodbye. Examples of short dialogues introducing two people and conversing are provided. Revisions summarize the lessons and translations taught. The document encourages visiting the provided website for audio files and practice games to reinforce the new vocabulary.

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2. Sat sri akaal!Lesson 4 on Basic
Punjabi
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3. Lesson objects
1
Greetings & Goodbyes
2 Make Small Talk with Strangers
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4. Revision: Forms of “to-be verb”
English
Punjabi
Is
Hai
Are(first person)
Hāṁ
Are(second person)
Hō
Am
Hāṁ
Hāṁ is pronounced as “h+aa+slight n”
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5. Revision : Forms of “My/Mine”
Merī–when referring to feminine gender
(eg: mother, female friend, sister)
Mērā-when referring to male gender,
but someone who is same age of younger
(eg: younger brother, friend)
Mērē–when referring to male gender,
but to someone who is elder/ when there
is a need to show respect (eg: Father,
Uncle, Grandfather)
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6. Lesson objects
1
Greetings & Goodbyes
2 Make Small Talk with Strangers
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7. Basic Greetings
Hello
Sat Sri Akāl
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8. Basic Greetings
Excuse me
Māf karna
Common greetings do not translate
word-by-word
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9. Basic Greetings
Please
kripa
When using Please in a sentence, use
kripa,
when using it as an individual word
use kripa karke
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10. Basic Greetings
Thank you
Dhanvaad
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11. Basic Greetings
Fine
Achā/Changa
Both words can be used
Here fine means “good”
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12. Basic Greetings
That's fine = That is okay
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13. Basic Greetings
That
Ih
is
hai
fine
ṭhīk
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14. Basic Greetings
That's fine (that is ok)
Ih ṭhīk hai
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15. Basic Greetings
You're welcome
kō'ī gal nahīṁ
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16. Grammar tip
Here you're welcome does not mean
welcoming somebody to your house instead
it means "don't mention it"
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17. Revision: Greetings
English
Punjabi
Hello
Sat Sri Akaal
Excuse me
Maaf karna
Please
Kripa
Thank you
Dhanvaad
Fine
Achā/Changa
That's fine
Ih ṭhīk hai
You're welcome
kō'ī gal nahīṁ
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18. Say Goodbye
Good bye
Alvidā
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19. Say Goodbye
Good morning
śhubh savēr
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20. Say Goodbye
Good night
śhubh rāat
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21. Revision: Say Goodbye
English
Punjabi
Good bye
Alvidā
Good morning
śhubh savēr
Good night
śhubh rāat
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22. Lesson objects
1
Greetings & Goodbyes
2 Make Small Talk
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23. Make Small Talk
Speaker
English
Lisa
How are you?
Mark
I am fine and you?
Lisa
I am good too
Lisa
What is your name?
Mark
My name is Mark
Lisa
I am Lisa
Mark
Nice to meet you
Lisa
Nice to meet you too
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24. Make Small Talk
How
Kivēṁ
are
ho
you
tusī
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25. Make Small Talk
How are you?
Tusī kivēṁ ho?
A crude more common way of
saying this is
“Ki haal hai?”
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26. Make Small Talk
How are you? (common form)
Ki haal hai?
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27. Make Small Talk
I am fine, and you?
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28. Make Small Talk
I
Maiṁ
am
hāṁ
fine
ṭhīk
and
atē
you
tūsī
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29. Make Small Talk
I am fine, and you?
Maiṁ ṭhīk hāṁ, atē tūsī ?
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30. Make Small Talk
I am good too
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31. Make Small Talk
I
maiṁ
am
hāṁ
good
changī
too
vī
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32. Make Small Talk
I am good too
Maiṁ vī changī hāṁ
Good=changa, but since the speaker
here
is a female, we use changī
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33. Make Small Talk
What is your name?​
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34. Make Small Talk
What
kī
is
hai
your
tuhāḍā
name
nām
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35. Make Small Talk
What is your name?
Tuhāḍā nām kī hai?
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36. Make Small Talk
My name is Mark
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37. Make Small Talk
My
Mērā
name
nām
is
hai
Mark
Mark
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38. Make Small Talk
My name is Mark
Mērā nām Mark hai
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39. Make Small Talk
I am Lisa
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40. Make Small Talk
I
Maiṁ
am
hāṁ
Lisa
Lisa
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41. Make Small Talk
I am Lisa
Maiṁ Lisa hāṁ
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42. Make Small Talk
Nice to meet you
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43. Make Small Talk
Nice to meet you
Tuhānū milke khuśhī hō'ī
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44. Grammar tip
Tuhānū translates to with you in punjabi
Nice to meet you literary means
nice meeting "with you”
Hō'ī means happened
Since the “meeting” happened already,
to complete the sentence hō'ī is added
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45. Make Small Talk
Nice to meet you too
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46. Make Small Talk
Nice to meet you too
Tuhānū vī milke khuśhī hō'ī
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47. Revision:Greetings
English
Punjabi
Hello
Sat Sri Akaal
Excuse me
Maaf karna
Please
Kripa
Thank you
Dhanvaad
Fine
Achā/Changa
That's fine
Ih ṭhīk hai
You're welcome
kō'ī gal nahīṁ
Sure
Jarūr
Thank you very much
Bahut bahut dhanvaad
This looks good
Ih achā lag rihā hai
My pleasure
Mēra saubhaag
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48. Revision: Say Goodbye
English
Punjabi
Good bye
Alvidā
Good morning
śhubh savēr
Good night
śhubh rāat
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49. Revision
Speaker
English
Punjabi
Lisa
How are you?
Tusī kivēṁ ho?
Mark
I am fine and you?
Maiṁ ṭhīk hāṁ, atē tūsī?
Lisa
I am good too
Maiṁ vī changī hāṁ
Lisa
What is your name?
Tuhāḍā nām kī hai?
Mark
My name is Mark
Mērā nām Mark hai
Lisa
I am Lisa
Maiṁ Lisa hāṁ
Mark
Nice to meet you
Tuhānū milke khuśhī hō'ī
Lisa
Nice to meet you too
Tuhānū vī milke khuśhī hō'ī
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50. See you at the alley!
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