Nasalization: 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
(we), chand ਚੰਦ (moon), oh jaanda ਉਹ ਜਾਂਦਾ (He goes), Singh ਸਿੰਘ (lion as a last name of Punjabi sikh people), amb ਅੰਬ – mango, lamp
In my name “Manjit ਮਨਜੀਤ’’ n is a letter but it becomes nasal vowel.
Former Prime Minister of India. (2004 to 2014)
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
- 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 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.
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 Kajal – main Kajal haan.
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 Harleen- main Harleen haan (aan) ਮੈਂ ਹਰਲੀਨ 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) (when – kadon) me too – main vee
on chair – kursi te true -sahi gall aa. I don’t know – mainu pata nee
I am sitting/seated on the chair-main kursi te baitha haan. (m says) (please speak the truth – sach bolo)
On, at, and – te ਤੇ (soft letter) (f. stands for feminine, m. stands for masculine, n. stands for noun)
- My name is Harleen f./Jack m. – mera naa harleen/Jack hai ਮੇਰਾ ਨਾਂ ਹਰਲੀਨ ਹੈ .
my – 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?)
How are you – tuhada kee haal hai (ji) ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ
(Literally – What is your condition/state?) (Asking any gender, formal, respectful)
· Your – tuhada ਤੁਹਾਡਾ
· What -kee ਕੀ
· Condition -haal ਹਾਲ
· is – hai ਹੈ
(theek aa/hai – it is good, My condition is good)
How are you – kidaan, kidaan haal (informal, asking a friend/s) kidaan jee, kidaan haal jee (formal) (short way to ask)
(How, like what – kidaan),
- Kee haal aa ji, kidaan haal aa ji (coq. but respectful) (I use it personally)
I am good/fine/ok – main theek haan (KP) ਮੈਂ ਠੀਕ ਹਾਂ (any gender can say)
or
fine – vadhia jee ਵਧੀਆ ਜੀ, theek thak ਠੀਕ ਠਾਕ (short phrases)
(okay,alright – theek hai/achha) achha could also mean ‘’Really’’ in sarcasm case.
How about you (how are you) – tuci daso (jee) ਤੁਸੀਂ ਦੱਸੋ / tuci sunao (Literally. you tell, please)
main vee theek haan – I am good too. (too,also,as well – vee)
vadhia ji (short phrase)
Thanks –dhan-vaad ਧੰਨਵਾਦ /shukria ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ /mehar-bani ਮੇਹਰਬਾਨੀ (kindness, it is kind of you) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT5NGqdC6k (dhanvaad song)
You are welcome (informal), No worries, no problem – koyi gall nee ਕੋਈ ਗੱਲ ਨੀ (when someone says you ‘’thank you’’.) (It’s ok, dude- koyi nee, yaar) (koyi na – when your request is declined)
Welcome (to our home) – ji aayeaan noo ਜੀ ਆਇਆਂ ਨੂੰ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QV87Bxtqjg
(When you welcome the people at office, home etc.) Please have a seat – baitho ji
Private online classes http://hindi-punjabi.com/private-lessons/