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Sat sri akaal!Lesson 4 on Basic Punjabi

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Lesson objects

1 Greetings & Goodbyes

2 Make Small Talk with Strangers

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Revision: Forms of “to-be verb”

Hāṁ is pronounced as “h+aa+slight n”

English Punjabi

Is Hai

Are(first person) Hāṁ

Are(second person) Hō

Am Hāṁ

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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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Lesson objects

1 Greetings & Goodbyes

2 Make Small Talk with Strangers

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Basic Greetings

Hello

Sat Sri Akāl

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Basic Greetings

Common greetings do not translate word-by-word

Excuse me

Māf karna

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Basic Greetings

When using Please in a sentence, usekripa,

when using it as an individual word use kripa karke

Please

kripa

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Basic Greetings

Thank you

Dhanvaad

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Basic Greetings

Both words can be used Here fine means “good”

Fine

Achā/Changa

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Basic Greetings

That's fine = That is okay

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Basic Greetings

That is fine

Ih hai ṭhīk

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Basic Greetings

That's fine (that is ok)

Ih ṭhīk hai

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Basic Greetings

You're welcome

kō'ī gal nahīṁ

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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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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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Say Goodbye

Good bye

Alvidā

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Say Goodbye

Good morning

śhubh savēr

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Say Goodbye

Good night

śhubh rāat

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Revision: Say Goodbye

English Punjabi

Good bye Alvidā

Good morning śhubh savēr

Good night śhubh rāat

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Lesson objects

1 Greetings & Goodbyes

2 Make Small Talk

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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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Make Small Talk

How are you

Kivēṁ ho tusī

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Make Small Talk

A crude more common way of saying this is “Ki haal hai?”

How are you?

Tusī kivēṁ ho?

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Make Small Talk

How are you? (common form)

Ki haal hai?

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Make Small Talk

I am fine, and you?

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Make Small Talk

I am fine and you

Maiṁ hāṁ ṭhīk atē tūsī

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Make Small Talk

I am fine, and you?

Maiṁ ṭhīk hāṁ, atē tūsī ?

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Make Small Talk

I am good too

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Make Small Talk

I am good too

maiṁ hāṁ changī vī

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Make Small Talk

Good=changa, but since the speakerhere

is a female, we use changī

I am good too

Maiṁ vī changī hāṁ

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Make Small Talk

What is your name?

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Make Small Talk

What is your name

kī hai tuhāḍā nām

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Make Small Talk

What is your name?

Tuhāḍā nām kī hai?

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Make Small Talk

My name is Mark

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Make Small Talk

My name is Mark

Mērā nām hai Mark

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Make Small Talk

My name is Mark

Mērā nām Mark hai

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Make Small Talk

I am Lisa

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Make Small Talk

I am Lisa

Maiṁ hāṁ Lisa

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Make Small Talk

I am Lisa

Maiṁ Lisa hāṁ

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Make Small Talk

Nice to meet you

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Make Small Talk

Nice to meet you

Tuhānū milke khuśhī hō'ī

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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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Make Small Talk

Nice to meet you too

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Make Small Talk

Nice to meet you too

Tuhānū vī milke khuśhī hō'ī

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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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Revision: Say Goodbye

English Punjabi

Good bye Alvidā

Good morning śhubh savēr

Good night śhubh rāat

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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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See you at the alley!

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