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2. Sat sri akāl Lesson 8 on Basic
Punjabi!
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3. 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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4. Revision : Time & Duration
English
Punjabi
Second
Saikniḍ
Minute
Minṭ
Hour
Ghanṭā
Day
Din
Week
Hafta
Month
Mahīnā
Year
Sāl
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Revision: Talking about hobbies
English
Punjabi
I like sports
Mainū khēḍ pasand hai
I like to play
soccer
What are your
hobbies?
Mainū soccer khēḍaṇā pasand hai
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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8. Lesson objects
1
Bridging the language gap
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9. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Which languages do you speak?
Do you speak English?
Does anyone speak English?
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10. 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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11. 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
other “Wh” questions
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12. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Which languages do you speak?
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13. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Which
Kihaṛiyan
languages
bhāśhāvāṁ
do
ho
you
tusi
speak
bolde
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14. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Which languages do you speak?
Tusi Kihaṛiyan bhāśāvāṁ bolde ho?
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15. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Do you speak English?
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16. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Do
Ki
you
tusi
speak
bolde ho
English
angrezi
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17. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Do you speak English?
Ki tusi angrezi bolde ho?
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18. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Does anyone speak English?
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19. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Does
Ki
anyone
kō‘ī
speak
bolda hai
English
angrezi
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20. Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language
Does anyone speak English?
Ki kō‘ī angrezi bolda ho?
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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this word?
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25. Ask what a word / phrase means
What
Ki
is
hai
the
meaning
matlab
of
da
this
ih
word
shabad
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26. Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this word?
Ih shabd da ki matlab hai?
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27. Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this sentence?
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28. Ask what a word / phrase means
What
Ki
is
hai
the
meaning
matlab
of
da
this
ih
sentence
vāk
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29. Ask what a word / phrase means
What is the meaning of this sentence?
ih vāk da ki matlab hai?
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30. Communicate ability to understand
I understood
I did not understand
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31. Communicate ability to understand
English
Punjabi
Understand
Samajh
To understand
Samajhna
Understood
Samajh gi'ā/gai
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32. Communicate ability to understand
I
maiṁ
understood
samajh gi'ā / gai
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33. 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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34. Communicate ability to understand
I understood
Maiṁ samajh gi'ā / gai
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35. Communicate ability to understand
I did not understand
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36. Communicate ability to understand
I
Mainū
did
not
nahīṁ
understand
samajh ā'i'ā
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37. Communicate ability to understand
I did not understand
Mainū samajh nahīṁ ā'i'ā
Samajh ā'i'ā literally means
understanding came
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38. 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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39. Revision
English
Which languages do you speak?
Punjabi
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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