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Sat sri akl Lesson 9 on Basic Punjabi!

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Lesson objects

Vocabulary : Concept of Time

2 At the school / with school friends

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Revision : 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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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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Lesson objects

Vocabulary : Concept of Time

2 At the school / with school friends

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Time concept

English Now Later Before Morning Afternoon Evening Night

Punjabi Hu Phr Pahil Savr Dupahir hm Rt

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Time concept
English Today Yesterday Tomorrow Day after tomorrow Week This week Last week Next week Two weeks Month Punjabi Aj Kal Kal Parso Hafat/ haft Ih haft Pichl haft Agl haft Do haft Mahn

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Days of week

English Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Punjabi Aitavr Smavr Magalavr Budhavr Vravr ukaravr anvr

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Month names
English January February March April May June July August September October November Punjabi Janvar Farvar Mrach Aprail Ma' Jun Julai Agast Sitambar Aktbar Navabar

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Lesson objects

Vocabulary : Concept of Time

2 At the school / with school friends

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Conversations : At the school

Can you solve this question? I know the answer Sorry for being late I forgot my notebook Can I borrow your pen? Where is Harpreet? She is sick. She is on leave

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At the school

Can you solve this question?

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At the school

Can k

you tus

solve hal

this ih

question sawal

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Grammar tip

Hal in itself is not a complete verb. The complete verb is hal karna

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At the school

Can k

you tus

solve hal karna

this ih

question sawal

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Grammar tip

Hal karna when used with second person pronoun translates as Hal kar sakde ho

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At the school

Can k

you tus

solve hal kar sakde ho

this ih

question sawal

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At the school

Can you solve this question?

K tus ih sawal hal kar sakde ho?

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Grammar tip

To make the sentence more complete, nu is added. nu translates to to So, literally it means can you provide a solution to this question

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At the school

Can you solve this question?

K tus ih sawal nu hal kar sakde ho?

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At the school

I know the answer

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At the school

I main

know pad hai

the answer javb

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At the school

I know the answer

Main javb pad hai

Main = to me The answer is known to me To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

At the school

I know the answer (of this)

Main ihd javb pad hai

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Grammar tip

Ihd = Of this where 'Ih' = this Since of " = "d becomes a postposition when translated to Punjabi it follows this

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At the school

Sorry for being late

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At the school

Sorry for coming late

Dr val 'u la' mf karein

Val = from (from delay) la' = for ; 'u = to come Literally : Sorry for the sake of coming (from) delay To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

Grammar tip

Maf in itself is not a complete verb Maf karna is a complete verb Since we are apologetic here The context becomes formal, hence maf karein

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At the school

I forgot my notebook

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At the school

I mai

forgot bhul gia

my p

notebook notebook

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Grammar tip
p = personal / mine..you can also use meri, but p is a more correct form for a sentence like I forgot my or I like my Meri is more common for She is my sister It is common to use gia after verbs which show that the task has happened in the past Eg: samajh gia (understood), bhul gia (forgot)
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At the school

I forgot my notebook

Mai p notebook bhul gia

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At the school

Can I borrow your pen?

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At the school

Can k

I mai

borrow udhr lai sakda h

your tuh

pen pen

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Grammar tip

udhr lai sakda h literally translates to take loan (take for a short duration) Lai = take As we read earlier, sakda hai communicates the ability to do something and complete the verb

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At the school

Can I borrow your pen?

K mai tuh pen udhr lai sakda h?

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At the school

Where is Harpreet?

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At the school

Where Kith

is hai

Harpreet Harpreet

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At the school

Where is Hapreet?

Harpreet kith hai?

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At the school

She is sick

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At the school

She Uh

is hai

sick bimar

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At the school

She is sick

Uh bimar hai

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At the school

She Uh

is hai

on ut

leave chutti

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At the school

She is on leave

Uh chutti ut hai

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Revision : Conversation
English Can you solve this question? I know the answer Sorry for coming late I forgot my notebook Can I borrow your pen? Where is Hapreet? She is sick She is on leave Punjabi K tus ih sawal nu hal kar sakde ho ? Main javb pad hai Dr val 'u la' mf karein Mai p notebook bhul gia k mai tuh pen udhr lai sakda h ? Harpreet kith hai? Uh bimar hai Uh chutti ut hai

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See you at the Alley!

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