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Sat sri akl Lesson 2 on Basic Punjabi!

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Lesson objects

Common useful Phrases

2 Grammar

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Revision
English Hello Who Are You I Am A Student This Is Punjabi Sat Sri Akl Kau H Tus Mai H ik Vidi'rath Ih Hai

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Revision
English Potato Onion Tomato Peas Carrot Cucumber Spinach Punjabi l Pi'z Tam ar Ma ar Gjar Khr Plak

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English Cauliflower Banana Apple Mango Pomegranate Grapes

Punjabi Gbh Kl Sb Amb Anr Angr

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Lesson objects

Common useful Phrases

2 Grammmar

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Common Phrases
English Open Closed Entrance Exit/out Push Pull Bathroom Men Women Forbidden Punjabi Khul'h Band Dl Niks/Bhar Dhakko Khicho Gusalkhana Mard Tv' Varjat/manhan

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Common Addresses

English Mr. Mrs. Mr.(Sikh) Mrs.(Sikh) Sir Dr.

Punjabi r rmat sardr sardrn srmn k ar

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Lesson objects

Conman useful phrases

2 Grammar

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Common Pronouns
English I Me(or to me) We You She He They This Punjabi Mai Main As Tus Uh Uh Uh Ih

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Common Pronouns

English I am Mark We are boys You are Lisa She is Juan He is Jin They are boys

Punjabi Mai Mark h As munde h Tus Lisa h Uh Juan hai Uh Jin hai Uh mun hai

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Grammar tip..
I/ We (Mai/As) are first person pronouns, hence we use h for am/are You (Tus) is a second person pronoun, hence we use h for are are He/ She/ They are third person pronouns, hence we use hai for is/are

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Forms of to-be verb

English Is Are(first person) Are(second person) Am

Punjabi Hai H H H

H is pronounced as h+aa+slight n

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Common Pronouns (possessive)

English My/Mine Our Your Her His

Punjabi Mr/Mr S/S Tuh/Tuh Usd/Usd Usd/Usd

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Try yourself

She is Geet She is my mother She is your aunt She is her friend He is her teacher

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Solution

She is Geet

Uh Geet hai

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Solution

She is my mother

Uh mr m hai

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Solution

She is your aunt

Uh tuh cc hai

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Solution

She is her friend

Uh Usd dsata hai

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Solution

He is her teacher

Uh Usd gur hai

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Grammar tip

Note the use of Usd vs. Usd Usd is used because the friend here is a female Usd is used because the teacher here is a male

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Revision

English She is Geet She is my mother She is your aunt She is her friend He is her teacher

Punjabi Uh Geet hai Uh mr m hai Uh tuh cc hai Uh Usd dsata hai Uh Usd gur hai

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Common Interrogations

English How/of what kind? How much/many? What? When? Where? Who? Why?

Punjabi kiv Kinna/kinne K Kad kith Kau ki'u

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Basic Conversation

Speaker Lisa Mark Lisa Mark Mark Lisa Mark

English Hello, Who is he? Hello, He is Aman Who is she? She is Sonia Sonia is his sister What is this? This is a computer

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Basic Conversation
Speaker Lisa Mark Lisa Mark Mark Lisa Mark English Who is he? He is Aman Who is she? She is Sonia Sonia is his sister What is this? This is a computer Punjabi Uh Kau hai Uh Aman hai Uh Kau hai Uh Sonia hai Uh Usd bhai hai Ih k hai Ih ik computer hai

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RevisionCommon Signs
English Open Closed Entrance Exit/out Push Pull Bathroom Men Women Forbidden Punjabi Khul'h Band Dl Niks/Bhar Dhakko Khicho Gusalkhana Mard Tv' Varjat/manhan

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Revision - Common Addresses

English Mr. Mrs. Mr.(Sikh) Mrs.(Sikh) Sir Dr.

Punjabi r rmat sardr sardrn srmn k ar

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Revision - Common Pronouns

English I Me(or to me) We You She He They This Punjabi Mai Main As Tus Uh Uh Uh Ih

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Revision - Common Interrogations

English How/of what kind? How much/many? What? When? Where? Who? Why?

Punjabi kiv Kinna/kinne K Kad kith Kau ki'u

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Festivals of Punjab
Punjab the Land of rivers is also known as the Land of festivals Lohri Baisakhi Hola mohalla Sangrand Teeyan

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Festivals of Punjab
Lohri is an extremely popular agricultural winter festival celebrated throughout Punjab and in parts of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu It is celebrated on January 13th and is traditionally associated with the harvest of the rabi crops (sown in autumn, harvested in winters) People take peanuts, rewri, flour, butter and various food items to places of religious worship to thank God for a good harvest

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Festivals of Punjab
Baisakhi (also known as Vaishakhi, or Vasakhi) is a religious as well as harvest festival and New Year Day also In Sikhism, as the Khalsa was founded on same day in 1699 It is celebrated on April 13th and celebrations include parades and Nagar Kirtan observances Prayers, Processions, raising of the Nishan Sahib flag

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Festivals of Punjab

Hola Mahalla is a Sikh Olympics event which most often falls in March, lasts for a week, and consists of camping out and various displays of fighting prowess and bravery, followed by kirtan, music, and poetry. Visitors sit together in pangats (Queues) and eat food of the langars

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Festivals of Punjab

Sangrand means the first day of month. Special divans take place at Gurdwaras when Guru Arjans Baramaha is read in addition to the performance of usual services. Devotees turn up in large numbers and bring offerings, especially of karah prasad.

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Festivals of Punjab

Teeyan is the women's dance festival Giddha can be seen at its best during the celebrations in the month of Sawan (Rains). The dancing usually takes place on the bank of some river. Swings are thrown over the branches and singing, swinging and dancing is seen.

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