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Sat sri akl Lesson 8 on Basic Punjabi!

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Revision : Time & Duration

English One oclock Two oclock One oclock in morning One oclock in afternoon Evening Night

Punjabi Ik vaj Do vaj Saver d ik vaj Dupahir d ik vaj hm Rt

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Revision : Time & Duration

English Second Minute Hour Day Week Month Year Punjabi Saikni Min Ghan Din Hafta Mahn Sl

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Revision: Talking to friends

English Yes No Whats up? How are you? Excuse me Youre welcome What happened? I dont know Punjabi H Nah Ki h rih hai? Ki hl hai? Gal su k' gal nah ki gal hai? Main nah pat

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Talking about hobbies important words

English Hobby Like To play Sports To sing To learn

Punjabi hauk Pasand Kh Kh G Sikh

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Revision: Talking about hobbies

English I like sports I like to play soccer What are your hobbies? Do you like to sing? I am learning soccer

Punjabi Main kh pasand hai Main soccer kha pasand hai Tuh hauk ki hai? Ki tuhn gna pasand hai Mai soccer sikh riha ha

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Lesson objects

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 Speak Language Which Anyone

Punjabi Bl Bhsh Kiha (masculine) Kihai (feminie) k'

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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? Tuh hauk ki hai? OR Tuh ki hauk hai? Both are correct, but interrogation before object is more applicable for

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other Wh questions

Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language

Which languages do you speak?

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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language

Which Kihaiyan

languages bhhv

do ho

you tusi

speak bolde

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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language

Which languages do you speak?

Tusi Kihaiyan bhv 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 Ki

you tusi

speak bolde ho

English 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 Ki

anyone k

speak bolda hai

English angrezi

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Ask/Tell if Someone Speaks a Language

Does anyone speak English?

Ki k 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 ut
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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 Ki

is hai

the

meaning matlab

of da

this ih

word 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 Ki

is hai

the

meaning matlab

of da

this ih

sentence vk

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Ask what a word / phrase means

What is the meaning of this sentence?

ih vk 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 Understand To understand Understood

Punjabi Samajh Samajhna Samajh gi'/gai

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Communicate ability to understand

I mai

understood samajh gi' / gai

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Grammar tip

gi' literally translates to went understood is past tense. gi' is used because gender is male (literally understanding is gone into my head) hence gi' is used here

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Communicate ability to understand

I understood

Mai samajh gi' / gai

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Communicate ability to understand

I did not understand

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Communicate ability to understand

I Main

did

not nah

understand samajh 'i'

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Communicate ability to understand

I did not understand

Main samajh nah 'i'

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Communicate ability to understand

Understanding did not come = samajh nah 'i' You may just say samajh nah 'i' if you dont understand something

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Revision
English Which languages do you speak? Do you speak English? Does anyone speak English? What is the meaning of this word? What is the meaning of this sentence? I understood I did not understand Punjabi Tusi Kihaiyan bhv bolde ho? Ki tusi angrezi bolde ho? Ki k angrezi bolda ho? Ih shabd da ki matlab hai? Ih vk da ki matlab hai? Mai samajh gi' / gai Main samajh nah 'i'

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See you at the Alley!

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