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Sat sri akāl Lesson 8 on Basic Punjabi!

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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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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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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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