1ST PUNJABI LESSON WITH MANJIT
In this unit, you will learn
subject/personal pronouns e.g. I, we, you etc.
greet people and say goodbye
how to ask questions about things and people
Language points
the verb ‘to be’
basic sentence construction
question formation
Nasalization Introduction: a nasal sound is produced when some of the breath comes through the nose rather than through the mouth.You don’t realize it until you press your nose and then say; e.g., Monkey ਮੰਕੀ
We have 2 types of nasal vowel symbols but both of has kind of same sound, the sound of dot-bindi comes through the mouth and nose together but tippee’s sound comes through the nose.
In my notes, n is a letter, if n is underlined then it means it is representing nasal sign that produces a nasal sound. E.g. Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Comparing with Pujabi ਪਜਾਬੀ
Nasalized words in English – mango, don’t, hasn’t, monkey, pink, sing,
in English anything ending with ng (ring) or ing (learning) is nasalized.
Nasalized words in Punjabi – haanਹਾਂ (yes,am), main ਮੈਂ (i), aseenਅਸੀਂ
oh jaanda ਉਹ ਜਾਂਦਾ (He goes), ਲੈਂਪ lamp (we), chand ਚੰਦ (moon), Singh ਸਿੰਘ (lion as a last name of Punjabi sikh people), amb ਅੰਬ – mango,
In my name “Manjit ਮਨਜੀਤ’’ n is a letter but it becomes nasal vowel.
Former Prime Minister of India. (2004 to 2014)
Late Dr. Manmohan Singh
Respect can also be shown by adding ~ ji
Jee (ji) ਜੀ is a powerful respectful suffix of address by people. It makes a word or a sentence more formal, polite and respectful. People love to hear it.
You can add jee ਜੀ after the phrases or someone’s name or profession. It is polite expression.
- Mr/miss/ mrs Manjit, Manjit sir – Manjit ji
- Paternal younger uncle – chacha jee/ji
- Doctor – Daaktar jee
- Pastor – paadri jee, sikh priest – bhaayi ji
- Teacher – master jee, Sir jee , bro – bha+ji = bhaji |
sis. – bhain +ji = bhain ji
Yes – haan ਹਾਂ (informal, casual, mainly used among friends and kids)
Yes. Yes, please – hanji ਹਾਂਜੀ is made from haan+ ji, ji . (formal)
No,not. no, please – nayi jee (nahin jee ਨਹੀਂ ਜੀ) – formal
No, not – nayi (nahin) – informal, casual
Colloquial / conversational
(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
“colloquial and everyday language”
Greetings:
Hello, bye – namaste/namaskar (jee) (for Hindus, all over India)
Hello, bye – sat sari akal/SSA (jee) (Sikh religion greeting, common in Punjab)
Sat Shri Akaal or Sat Sri Akal (Punjabi: ਸਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ, sat śrī akāl) is a Sikh greeting in Punjabi (Sat = truth, Sri = great, Akaal = Timeless Being ie God). Complete usage is “Jo Bole So Nihaal, Sat Sri Akaal”. It means roughly, “Blessed is the person who says ‘God is Truth'”. It is often abbreviated to “SSA” in modern communications
(e.g. instant messaging, email, SMS, etc). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sat_Sri_Akaal
Punjabi is a about 90% phonetic language, the word is pronounced according to it’s spelling. This makes the language easier to pronounce since it follows the written form all the time. Punjabi follows the Gurmukhi script. It contains 10 vowels and 35 consonants.
Who and how people are
Here we meet Kuldip and Krishna, a married couple from Punjab; later we’ll meet their children Rohit (boy, 18), Nisha (girl, 15), and Jaipaul (boy, 11), and their dog Tyson (male, age 4).
‘I am’ is main haan, and ‘I am not’ is main nayi haan. Notice how the verb haan ‘am’ comes at the end of the sentence.
Word order – Subject+ object+ verb
Main Kuldiphaan. I am Kuldip.
Main theek haan. I am OK.
Main bimaar nayi haan. I am not ill.
Main Krishna haan. I am Krishna.
tuci japani ho? – Are you Japanese? www.hindi-punjabi.com
Main Japani nayi haan. I am not Japanese.
Taan, tuci kaun ho? – so then, who are you?
Main Punjabi haan. I am Punjabi.
Subject / Personal Pronouns (I, we, you, etc.)
Simple sentences of ‘’is, are and am’’ we are going to learn.
Punjabi is a S+O+V language whereas English is a S+V+O
Word order – Subject+Object+ Verb/s + (Helping verb, hona- to be)
-Helping/ auxiliary verbs – is,are,am, was, were (to be – hona) They help the main verb and they always take place at the end of the sentence.
I am Nisha – main Nisha haan ਮੈਂ X ਹਾਂ।
Main verbs are such as to eat, to sleep, to go, etc (take place right before the helping verb)
I am drinking water > I water drinking am – main paani peendi (payi haan). (Punjabi word order)
main paani peenda (peya haan) (said by a male).
I drink X – main X peenda/di (haan).
Word order – Subject+Object+ Verb + (Helping verb, hona)
I – main ਮੈਂ
- I am Nisha – main Nisha haan (aan) ਮੈਂ X ਹਾਂ
am –haan ਹਾਂ and aan ਆਂ is a colloquial word
(I am American – main amreeki haan)
(I am a white woman/man/Indian – main gori/gora/desi haan)
I am from America – main amarika ton haan
ਮੈਂ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਤੋਂ ਹਾਂ .
(One thing to remember that all prepositions (at, in, on) go after the noun in Punjabi, e.g. America from)
(But I live in England – par main England ‘ch rehnda m./ rehndi f. haan) (rehna-to live)
From – ton ਤੋਂ , in – vich (full form)
From America – amarica ton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8q2Fv6Naw0 (a song)
From Canada – caneda ton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmTFiXcpyl0&feature=youtu.be (a song)
I wanna go to Canada – main caneda jaana. (Canada Canada main jaaana)
(f. stands for feminine, m. stands for masculine, n. stands for noun)
| My and mine The word ‘mera’ means both ‘my’ and ‘mine’; hai means ‘is’. Mera naam Kuldip hai. My name is Kuldip. Main daktar haan. I’m a doctor. Krishna school madam hai. Krishna is a teacher. Nisha gayika hai. Nisha is a singer. Tuhade papa kee hai? > mere papa vakeel hai. Tuci kee ho? > main student haan. |
-My name is Kuldip f./Nisha m.-mera naa Kuldip f./Nisha m.-hai ਮੇਰਾ ਨਾਂ X ਹੈ
My, mine – mera ਮੇਰਾ ,naa/naam ਨਾਂ -name , is –hai ਹੈ
and your name? – te tuhada naam/naa?
(What is your name? – tuhada naa kee hai,
full name – pura naa). (got ਗੋਤ family name)
-I am a police officer – main pulice afsar haan.
ਮੈਂ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਅਫ਼ਸਰ ਹਾਂ > (really? – sachi)
I am a singer– main gaayik haan ਮੈਂ ਗਾਇਕ ਹਾਂ (male saying)
Male Singer – gaayik ਗਾਇਕ (formal)
Female Singer- gaayika >> (What (work) do you do? –
tuci kee kam karde?) > main X da kam karda/di haan.
Thanks – dhan-vaad ਧੰਨਵਾਦ /shukria ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ /mehar-bani ਮੇਹਰਬਾਨੀ (kindness, it is kind of you) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT5NGqdC6k (dhanvaad song)
| Game: Do sach/2 truths ek jhooth/ a lie Amb meetha phal hai. (in general) Main lamba haan Mainu garmi pasand hai. |
How do I make Punjabi easier and faster to learn?
My methodology is simple. Some tenses are very similar to each other. For example, ”I learn Punjabi” and ”I used to learn Punjabi” are quite the same just making a single slight change. e.g.
– I learn Punjabi / I am learning Punjabi– main Punjabi sikhda/di haan.
– I used to learn Punjabi / I was learning Punjabi – main Punjabi sikhda/di see. ਮੈਂ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਿੱਖਦੀ ਸੀ
– If I had time, I would have learned Punjabi – je …. , main Punjabi sikhda/di. (Conditional)
Here you are just replacing ‘’haan’’ with ‘’see’’ and dropping haan and see in conditional case. See it is easy and changes the whole meaning. (If I were PM – je main PM hunda/di. Imagination)
Next 4 lessons plan (could be customize)
- Learn all subject pronouns such as we, you, she, he, they, was , were etc.
- Prepare Introduction
- Learn gender and speaking, vocabulary; numbers, colors
- Speaking and listening practice.
- Possessive pronouns; my, his, yours etc.
Later in the future when you have the next level.
Several themed lessons might you love 😊 (customized)
- •-Weekly 30-minute grammar “workout”
- • -Weekly 30-minute pronunciation session
- • -Weekly 30-minute vocabulary session
- • -Discussion of current affairs every two weeks
- • -Debate on a topic of interest every two weeks
- -Monthly oral progress test session
- -Monthly 1-hour free-flowing conversation
- -Work on topics, dialogues, stories, passages etc.
- -Describing pictures, yourself, introduction etc.
- -Do exercise together and play with words during class
- -Ask you questions during explaining grammar and create relevant sentences
- -And much more
- -Anything you would like to add or skip?
By learning this effective way and the unique style, you will definitely achieve your goals. You won’t regret it and will stand out from the crowd. See you again soon. Manjit
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