Greetings & Basic Sentences Flashcards
Kida?
How are you? (informal)
Ki haal chaal ji?
How are you? (formal)
Kivai ho ji?
How are you (formal)
Ki kar rahe ho?
What are you doing?
Ki ho rehya?
What are you doing?
Hoor koi navi taji?
Anything new?
Hoor sunao?
Anything more?
Kinne bjai?
What time?
Tuhādā nām kī hai?
What is your name?
Tuhānū mila kē cagā lagi’ā
Nice to meet you
Tuhādā kī hāla ai?
How are you?
Maim thīka ām, dhanavād
I’m good, thanks
Atē tusīm?
And you?
Kī tusīm (agarēzī/pajābī) bōla sakadē hō?
Do you speak (English/Punjabi)?
Thōrī jihī
A little bit
Kī ōha agarēzī bōla sakadī hai?
Does she speak English?
Tuh ādī umara kī hai?
How old are you?
Maim 23 sāla dā hām
I’m 23 years old
Tuhādē nāla gala kara kē cagā lagi’a
It was nice talking to you
Tuhādā matalaba kī hai?
What do you mean?
Mainū samajha nahīm ā’ī
I don’t understand
Mainū patā nahīm
I don’t know
Mu’āphi
Sorry
Isa nū pajābī ca kī kahidē hana?
What is that called in Punjabi?
Isa sabada dā agarēzī ca matalaba kī hai?
What does that word mean in English?
Tusī kithōm dē hō?
Where are you from?
Maim New Zealand tōm hām
I’m from New Zealand
Maim Kiwi hām
I’m Kiwi
Cá pīoge?
Will you drink tea?
Dúd pīoge?
Will you drink milk?
Šarbat pīoge?
Will you drink fruit juice?
Kafī pīoge?
Will you drink coffee?
Čá loge?
Will you have tea?
Dúd loge?
Will you have milk?
Barfī loge?
Will you have barfi?
Sabzī loge?
Will you have vegetables?
É kī e?
What is this?
Ó kī e?
What is that?
É čá e
This is tea
Ó čá e
That is tea
Čá čáīdī?
Do you want tea?
Kāfī čáīdī?
Do you want coffee?
Koī čīz čáīdī?
Do you want anything?
Dúd čáīdá?
Do you want milk?
Śarbat čāīdā?
Do you want fruit juice?
Kúj čáīdā?
Do you want anything?
Letters with ~ are…
Nasalised. The sound is pushed up into the mouth rather than out.
Ó kī kardá e?
What is he doing?
Ó kī kar riá e
What are you doing (immediate present)
Tusīm kithē rahidē hō?
Where do you live?
Maim New Zealand vica rahidā hām
I live in New Zealand
Tusīm rōzī-rōtī la’ī kī karadē hō?
What do you do for a living?
Maim vidi’ārathī hām
I’m a student
Maim HR vica kama karadā hām
I work in HR
Āo jī
Welcome
Betho
Sit down/take a seat/come in
Kī hāl e?
How are you?
Accha, tusī sunāo?
Fine, how about you?
Mērbānī
Thank you (formal)
Naī, koī taklīf nā karo
No thanks, don’t bother
Naī, koī taklīf naī
It’s no trouble
Acchā, mērbānī
Ok, thanks
Āo, ēdar āo. kiwē āe?
Come in. What brings you here?
Ewē, miln wāste
Just to see you
Āo ãdar ā jāo
Come in, please