learn Punjabl PRINCIPAL SANTOKH SINGH Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com LEARN PUNJABI IN 25 DAYS By Principal Santokh Singh M.A,M.Ed (GoldMedanist) DistrictEducationOfficer(Rtd.) l{Q{lf.rcf i ~i13ajl1ur.~j)Iur I I ~I I i ) '- Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com ©Publisher ISBN81-7601-397-8 FifthEdition.August2004 Sixth Edition: February2005 Price: 501- Publisher B. Chattar Singh Jiwan Singh BazarMaiSewan,Amritsar. (India) Phone: (0183)2542345, 2547974,2557973 Fax: (0183)2557973 VisitourWebsite:WWW.CSjS.com I d' . I Pr.nte InIr '-Ia ------------------4 Printer:JiwanPrinters,#312,EastMohanNagar,Amrltsar.Ph:2705003,5095774 Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com CONTENTS PRELIMINARIES_ 5 PunjabiAlphabet(Howto Read) 7 PunjabiAlphabet(HowtoWrite) 8 PunjabiAlphabet (How to Pronounce) 10 Jumbled Letters 11 Vowels 12 Declension 13 Consonantsfor Borrowed Sounds 16 Reading Exercise I: (a) Simple Words 17 (b) Words ofTwo Letters 18 (c) WordsofThree Letters 19 (d) WordsofFour Letters 20 Conjuncts 21 DoubleConsonants 22 NasalSigns 23 Reading Exercise II 25 VOCABULARY 27 Partsofthe Body 28 Birds 37 Days 29 Insects 38 Months 30 Colours 39 Time 31 Numbers 40 Directions 32 Ordinals 43 Edibles 33 Relationships 44 Fruits 34 People 46 Vegetables 35 Places 48 Animals 36 Nature jO Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com House 52 Agriculture 60 DomesticArticles 53 Industry 61 Metals 55 Education 62 Attires 56 PrintMedia 64 Feelings 57 Diseases 65 Occupations 58 SomeUseful Words 67 GRAMMAR 69 Gender 70 Adjectives 86 Number 72 Verbs 87 Case 74 Adverbs 88 (a) NounswithCase-ending76 Preposition 89 (b)Transformationofwordsending Conjunction 90 with"aa"in the Nominative 78 Exclamatory 91 Case-ItsApplication 80 Interogatives 92 Pronouns 82 SENTENCE MAKING 93 To Be 94 InterrogativeSentences 102 To Have 95 Participies 103 PresenlTense 96 SomeMoreSentences 104 PastTeT'se 98 Intransitive/ FutureTense 99 TransitiveVerbs 106 ImperativeSentences 100 Voice 108 Exclamatory/ IdiomaticSentences 110 OptativeSentences 101 Proverbs III COMPOSITION- 113 Lekh Rachanaa 114 StoryWriting 136 DialogueWriting Jl8 Ardaas 144 Lettersand Applications 126 **** Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com PRELIMINARIES \ ~~r4 j !:J"'~IQf' M~~ Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com (7) Lesson1 UTO 1 ~ PUNJABlALPHABET r ({}3t) How to read ~ l)f E H <J ooraa airaa eerec sassaa haahaa 0 A I S H a- ~ or l.U" ~ kakkaa khakkhaa gaggaa ghagg"" ganggaan K KH G Gll ANG ti G t:r S' ~ chachchaa chhachhchhaa jaijaa jhaijaa vannyaan CH CHH J JH ANJ C '0 ;I ~ ~ tainkaa thatthaa ~a~~aa ~ha~~aa Qaal)aa T TH P pH N 3' -a ~ tl '0 tattaa thatthaa daddaa dhadda lIannaa T TH D DH N a- l.I G 9' H pappaa phapphaa babbaa bhabbaa mammaa P PH B BH ~ ljf 0- g ~ :f yayyaa raaraa lallaa vavvaa raaraa y R L V R Note: Thefirst letters,fi, >H', tT, are carriers ofvowel signs, Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com (!I ~ d 1"3 4~ H ~ ~" 2• ~~ 3;;::::::::::J ~ ~ Note 1.All Punjabi letters having top line are to be startedfrom that (i.e. toP) line. 2. Dome off}is notthe top line. It is an additionalline. Academy of the Punjab in North America: http://www.apnaorg.com