Basic Punjabi | Lesson 4 | Greetings

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2. Sat sri akaal!Lesson 4 on Basic
Punjabi To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

3. Lesson objects
1Greetings & Goodbyes
2Make Small Talk with StrangersTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

4. Revision: Forms of “to-be verb”
Hāṁ is pronounced as “h+aa+slight n”
English Punjabi
Is Hai
Are(first person) Hāṁ
Are(second person) Hō
Am HāṁTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

5. Revision : Forms of “My/Mine”
Merī–when referring to feminine gender
(eg: mother, female friend, sister)
Mērā-when referring to male gender,
but someone who is same age of younger
(eg: younger brother, friend)
Mērē–when referring to male gender,
but to someone who is elder/ when there
is a need to show respect (eg: Father,
Uncle, Grandfather)To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

6. Lesson objects
1Greetings & Goodbyes
2Make Small Talk with StrangersTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

7. Basic Greetings
Hello
Sat Sri Akāl To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

8. Basic Greetings
Common greetings do not translate
word-by-word
Excuse me
Māf karna To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

9. Basic Greetings
When using Please in a sentence, use
kripa,
when using it as an individual word
use kripa karke
Please
kripa To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

10. Basic Greetings
Thank you
Dhanvaad To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

11. Basic Greetings
Both words can be used
Here fine means “good”
Fine
Achā/Changa To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

12. Basic Greetings
That's fine = That is okay To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

13. Basic Greetings
That is fine
Ih hai ṭhīk To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

14. Basic Greetings
That's fine (that is ok)
Ih ṭhīk haiTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

15. Basic Greetings
You're welcome
kō'ī gal nahīṁ To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

16. Grammar tip
Here you're welcome does not mean
welcoming somebody to your house instead
it means "don't mention it" To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

17. Revision: Greetings
English Punjabi
Hello Sat Sri Akaal
Excuse me Maaf karna
Please Kripa
Thank you Dhanvaad
Fine Achā/Changa
That's fine Ih ṭhīk hai
You're welcome kō'ī gal nahīṁTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

18. Say Goodbye
Good bye
AlvidāTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

19. Say Goodbye
Good morning
śhubh savēr To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

20. Say Goodbye
Good night
śhubh rāat To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

21. Revision: Say Goodbye
English Punjabi
Good bye Alvidā
Good morning śhubh savēr
Good night śhubh rāatTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

22. Lesson objects
1Greetings & Goodbyes
2Make Small TalkTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

23. Make Small Talk
Speaker English
Lisa How are you?
Mark I am fine and you?
Lisa I am good too
Lisa What is your name?
Mark My name is Mark
Lisa I am Lisa
Mark Nice to meet you
Lisa Nice to meet you tooTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

24. Make Small Talk
How are you
Kivēṁ ho tusīTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

25. Make Small Talk
A crude more common way of
saying this is
“Ki haal hai?”
How are you?
Tusī kivēṁ ho? To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

26. Make Small Talk
How are you? (common form)
Ki haal hai? To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

27. Make Small Talk
I am fine, and you?To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

28. Make Small Talk
I am fine and you
Maiṁ hāṁ ṭhīk atē tūsīTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

29. Make Small Talk
I am fine, and you?
Maiṁ ṭhīk hāṁ, atē tūsī ?To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

30. Make Small Talk
I am good tooTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

31. Make Small Talk
I am good too
maiṁ hāṁ changī vīTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

32. Make Small Talk
Good=changa, but since the speaker
here
is a female, we use changī
I am good too
Maiṁ vī changī hāṁTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

33. Make Small Talk
What is your name?​To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

34. Make Small Talk
What is your name
kī hai tuhāḍā nāmTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

35. Make Small Talk
What is your name?
Tuhāḍā nām kī hai?To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

36. Make Small Talk
My name is MarkTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

37. Make Small Talk
My name is Mark
Mērā nām hai MarkTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

38. Make Small Talk
My name is Mark
Mērā nām Mark haiTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

39. Make Small Talk
I am LisaTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

40. Make Small Talk
I am Lisa
Maiṁ hāṁ LisaTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

41. Make Small Talk
I am Lisa
Maiṁ Lisa hāṁTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

42. Make Small Talk
Nice to meet you To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

43. Make Small Talk
Nice to meet you
Tuhānū milke khuśhī hō'ī To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

44. Grammar tip
Tuhānū translates to with you in punjabi
Nice to meet you literary means
nice meeting "with you”
Hō'ī means happened
Since the “meeting” happened already,
to complete the sentence hō'ī is addedTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

45. Make Small Talk
Nice to meet you too To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

46. Make Small Talk
Nice to meet you too
Tuhānū vī milke khuśhī hō'ī To view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

47. Revision:Greetings
English Punjabi
Hello Sat Sri Akaal
Excuse me Maaf karna
Please Kripa
Thank you Dhanvaad
Fine Achā/Changa
That's fine Ih ṭhīk hai
You're welcome kō'ī gal nahīṁ
Sure Jarūr
Thank you very much Bahut bahut dhanvaad
This looks good Ih achā lag rihā hai
My pleasure Mēra saubhaagTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

48. Revision: Say Goodbye
English Punjabi
Good bye Alvidā
Good morning śhubh savēr
Good night śhubh rāatTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

49. Revision
Speaker English Punjabi
Lisa How are you? Tusī kivēṁ ho?
Mark I am fine and you? Maiṁ ṭhīk hāṁ, atē tūsī?
Lisa I am good too Maiṁ vī changī hāṁ
Lisa What is your name? Tuhāḍā nām kī hai?
Mark My name is Mark Mērā nām Mark hai
Lisa I am Lisa Maiṁ Lisa hāṁ
Mark Nice to meet you Tuhānū milke khuśhī hō'ī
Lisa Nice to meet you too Tuhānū vī milke khuśhī hō'īTo view this with Audio and practice games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Punjabi

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