15.1 |
Dialogues in Gurmukhi with Transcription and Translation
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15.2 |
Dialogues in Gurmukhi with Transcription and Translation
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15.3 |
Dialogues in Gurmukhi with Transcription and Translation
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§ USAGE NOTES |
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ਗੁੜ /guṛ/ is the dark brown sugar produced by simply boiling down sugarcane juice. It usually appears as large solid cakes.
ਰਿਓੜੀ /rioṛī/ is a confection made of /guṛ/ and sesame seeds.
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15.5 |
Certain pairs of words that are conventionally associated are commonly joined by mere juxtaposition without /te/ ‘and’. There are three examples in 15.1 : /mũḍḍe kuṛīā̃/ ‘boys and girls’. /phulle rioṛīā̃/ ‘popcorn and /rioṛīā̃/’, /hasde gͻ̃de/ ‘laughing and singing’.
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ਭੰਗੜਾ/pã̀gṛā/ is a dance for men only. It is common only in rural areas.
The traditional Hindu calendar has twelve months in the year. It is solar like the Western calendar, but the divisions do not coincide. The month of /sāwan/ falls in July and August. There are four sundays in the month, each known as /sāwā̃/. There is a small /melā/ on each of these in most villages. /sāwiā̃ wič/ means literally on these festivals. Everyone is expected to swing at least once, but, of course, it is the younger people that make the most of it.
ਕਬੱਡੀ /kabaḍḍī/ is a game played by two groups of boys. One boy crosses over to the other side, tags someone and tries to escape to his own side of the line. His opponent tries to hold him. All this is done during one breath, the player saying /kabaḍḍī kabaḍḍī.../ as long as he can. It may be played at any time of the year, but is commonest in /sāwan/. At this time the crop has been harvested, the land ploughed, but not yet planted. /kabaḍḍī/ is played in the fields in connection with the /sāwā̃/ festival.
ਘੋਲ਼ /kòḷ/, wrestling matches, are also especially common at this same season. It is the slack season in farm work.
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§ GRAMMAR |
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Most of the verbs in 15.1 are in the future tense. For comparison, the same description has been repeated in 15.2 in the present tense. The latter is a much more usual form of presentation. The future tense verbs will be seen always to agree with the subject, that is with the same noun phrase as the present tense verb.
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15.8 |
The forms of the future tense are as follows :
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'go' |
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'say' |
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'remain' |
Masculine Subjects: |
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Gurmukhi |
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Gurmukhi |
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Gurmukhi |
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‘I will...’ |
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ਜਾਊਂਗਾ |
jāū̃gā |
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ਬੋਲੂੰਗਾ |
bolū̃gā |
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ਰਹੂੰਗਾ |
raū̃́gā |
‘You will...’ |
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ਜਾਏਂਗਾ |
jāẽgā |
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ਬੋਲੇਂਗਾ |
bolẽgā |
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ਰਵੇਂਗਾ |
rawẽgā |
‘He will...’ |
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ਜਾਏਗਾ |
jāegā |
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ਬੋਲੇਗਾ |
bolegā |
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ਰਵੇਗਾ |
rawegā |
‘We will...’ |
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ਜਾਵਾਂਗੇ |
jāwā̃ge |
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ਬੋਲਾਂਗੇ |
bolā̃ge |
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ਰਵਾਂਗੇ |
rawā̃ge |
‘You will...’ |
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ਜਾਓਗੇ |
jāoge |
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ਬੋਲੋਗੇ |
bologe |
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ਰਵੋਗੇ |
rawoge |
‘They will...’ |
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ਜਾਣਗੇ |
jāṇge |
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ਬੋਲਣਗੇ |
bolaṇge |
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ਰਹਿਣਗੇ |
rέṇge |
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'go' |
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'say' |
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'remain' |
Feminine Subjects: |
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‘I will...’ |
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ਜਾਊਂਗੀ |
jāū̃gī |
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ਬੋਲੂੰਗੀ |
bolū̃gī |
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ਰਹੂੰਗੀ |
raū̃́gī |
‘You will...’ |
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ਜਾਏਂਗੀ |
jāẽgī |
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ਬੋਲੇਂਗੀ |
bolẽgī |
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ਰਵੇਂਗੀ |
rawẽgī |
‘She will...’ |
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ਜਾਏਗੀ |
jāegī |
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ਬੋਲੇਗੀ |
bolegī |
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ਰਵੇਗੀ |
rawegī |
‘We will...’ |
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ਜਾਵਾਂਗੀਆਂ |
jāwā̃gīā̃ |
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ਬੋਲਾਂਗੀਆਂ |
bolā̃gīā̃ |
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ਰਵਾਂਗੀਆਂ |
rawā̃gīā̃ |
‘You will...’ |
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ਜਾਓਗੀਆਂ |
jāogīā̃ |
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ਬੋਲੋਗੀਆਂ |
bologīā̃ |
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ਰਵੋਗੀਆਂ |
rawogīā̃ |
‘They will...’ |
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ਜਾਣਗੀਆਂ |
jāṇgīā̃ |
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ਬੋਲਣਗੀਆਂ |
bolaṇgīā̃ |
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ਰਹਿਣਗੀਆਂ |
rέṇgīā̃ |
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There is no need to memorize these lists. They are given primarily to explain the forms that have appeared from time to time in this and past lessons. Note that the feminine forms are exactly like the masculine except that /-ī/ and /-īā̃/ are substituted for /-ā/ and /-e/.
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15.9 |
The constuction with /ke/ that appears in sentences 2, 3, 15, 16, 17 and 20 is one that has occurred before. It has been translated in a wide variety of ways, and still others are possible. Translation, therefore, may be even less helpful than usual.
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ਪੀ ਕੇ ਆਇਆਂ। |
pī ke āiā̃. |
‘I drank just before I came’. |
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ਚਿੜੀ ਨੇ ਖਿਚੜੀ ਰਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਖਾ ਲਈ। |
čiṛī ne khičṛī rĩ́n ke khā laī. |
‘After the sparrow cooked the /khičṛī/ she ate it’. |
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ਕਾਂ ਪਾਣੀ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਇਆ। |
kā̃ pāṇī lɛ ke āiā. |
‘The crow got water and came’. |
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The construction ends with a verb stem (that is a verb without any tense marking suffix) followed by /ke/. There may be other words, most frequently objects. If this construction is removed, the remainder of the sentences generally is quite acceptable.
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ਚਿੜੀ ਨੇ ਖਾ ਲਈ। |
čiṛī ne khā laī. |
‘The sparrow ate’. |
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The verb stem as it is seen before /ke/ is conveniently thought of as the base from which all other verb forms can be made. Various endings can be added to it. When this is done, many verb stems make no change at all. Others make only verb minor changes.
All verb stems with normal tone change to high tone in the future. This is the only change for many. /čūp/ ‘suck’ is an example of this sort. The present tense is /čūpdā e/, the past tense is /čūpiā/, the future is /čūpū̃gā/.
Other changes are minimal. In /bol/ ‘say’, some froms have /l/ : /boldā e/, /boliā/, /bolū̃gā/. /bol/ was selected in this lesson to illustrate the most simple and regular set of future forms.
In a few the changes are mere extensive. /rέ/ ‘live, remain’ has /rɛ̃́dā e/, /riā́/, /raū̃́gā/, and the stem does not remain the same throughout the future. This verb was selected to illustrate the extreme of complexity in the future. It is not irregular, however, as other stems ending in /ɛ/ are subject to all the same changes. An example is /lɛ/ ‘take’ with /laū̃gā/, /lawegā/, /lέṇge/ and all other future forms parallel to those of /rέ/. The present and the past are /lɛ̃dā e/ and /liā/.
One verb stem is very irregular, changing completly in the past. /jā/ ‘go’ has the forms /ͻ̃dā e/, /giā/, /jāū̃gā/. But the only irregularity is in the past. That is no trouble, because the verb is so frequent that it is quickly learned.
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There are a few other details that look like irregularities, but really are not. For example, if we take /bolā̃ge/ ‘we will speak’ as a model, we might expect /jāwā̃ge/ ‘we will go’. 15.8 lists /jāwā̃ge/. This is perfectly regular. There are a few regular patterns that apply when certain combinations of sounds would occur. One is to insert /w/ between two /ā/. These are puzzling at first, but will quickly become natural and automatic.
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As we have noted, the one extreme case of irregularity is in the past tense form /giā/ ‘went’. (Note that this is the one really strange past tense in English too). There are a number of other past tense forms that are unpredictable, though not as strange as /giā/. Most of these are very common verbs : /de/ ‘give’ /dittā/, /kar/ ‘do’ /kītā/, /rĩ́n/ ‘cook’ /rídā/, /khā/ ‘eat’ /khā́dā/, /pī/ ‘drink’ /pītā/. That is not the whole list, but it is not really a very long one. Most of them you will learn fairly soon.
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§ PATTERN PRACTICE
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ਮੁੰਡੇ ਕੁੜੀਆਂ ਸਕੂਲ ਨੂੰ ਤੁਰੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਨੇ। |
mũḍe kuṛīā sakūl nū̃ ture jā̃de ne. |
The boys and girls walk to school. |
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ਕਿਸਾਨ ਖੇਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਚਲੇ ਗਏ। |
kisān khetā̃ nū̃ čale gae. |
The farmers went to the fields. |
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ਓਹ ਕਲ੍ਹ ਏਥੇ ਆ ਜਾਣਗੇ। |
ó kál ethe ā jāṇge. |
They will come here tomarrow. |
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ਔਰਤ ਨੇ ਖੂਹ ਤੇ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਲਿਆ। |
ͻrat ne khū́ te jā ke pāṇī liā. |
The woman went to the well and got water. |
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15.15
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ਲੋਕ ਓਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲੋਹੜੀ ਦੇਣਗੇ। |
lok ónā̃ nū̃ lóṛī deṇge. |
The people will give them Lohri. |
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ਮਿਰਜ਼ੇ ਨੇ ਬੇਗ ਨੂੰ ਪੈਨਸਿਲ ਦਿੱਤੀ। |
mirze ne beg nū̃ pɛnsil dittī. |
Mirza gave Beg a pencil. |
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ਕਿਸਾਨ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖਰਬੂਜ਼ੇ ਦੇਂਦੇ ਨੇ। |
kisān lokā̃ nū̃ kharbuze dẽde ne. |
The farmers are giving the people melons. |
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ਲੋਕ ਓਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਈਦੀ ਦੇ ਕੇ ਖੁਸ਼ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਨੇ। |
lok ónā̃ nū̃ īdī de ke khuš hũde ne. |
The people gave them /īdī/ and were happy. |
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15.16
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ਕਿਸਾਨ ਕਲ੍ਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਕੰਮ ਕਰੇਗਾ। |
kisān kál bͻ́t kãm karegā. |
Tomorrow the farmer will work hard. |
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ਪਿੰਡ ਦੀਆਂ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਘਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਫ ਕੀਤਾ। |
pĩḍ dīā̃ ͻrtā̃ ne kàrā̃ nū̃ sāf kītā. |
The village women cleaned the houses. |
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ਵੱਡੇ ਲੋਕ ਬਾਗ ਵਿਚ ਸੈਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਨੇ। |
waḍḍe lok bāg wič sɛr karde ne. |
The older people are walking in the park. |
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ਔਰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਘਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਫ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਦਾਲ ਰਿੱਧੀ। |
ͻrtā̃ ne kàrā̃ nū̃ sāf kar ke dāl ríddī. |
The women, having cleaned the houses, cooked /dāl/. |
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ਓਹਨੇ ਚੌਲ ਰਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਖਾਧੇ। |
óne čͻl rĩ́n ke khā́de. |
She cooked and ate rice. |
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ਓਹ ਮਿੱਠੇ ਚੌਲ ਰਿੰਨ੍ਹੇਗੀ। |
ó miṭṭhe čͻl rĩ́nnegī. |
She will cook sweet rice. |
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ਔਰਤਾਂ ਰੋਜ਼ ਦਾਲ ਰਿੰਨ੍ਹਦੀਆਂ ਨੇ। |
ͻrtā̃ roz dāl rĩ́ndīā̃ ne. |
The women cook dāl every day. |
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ਬਾਨੋ ਨੇ ਬਰੀਆਨੀ ਰਿੱਧੀ। |
bāno ne barīānī ríddī. |
Bano cooked /barīānī/. |
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ਰਾਮ ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਏ। |
rām roṭī khā̃dā e. |
Ram is eating dinner. |
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ਬੱਚੇ ਸ਼ਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਤਰੇ ਖਾਣਗੇ। |
bačče šām nū̃ sãtre khāṇge. |
The children will eat oranges in the evening. |
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ਬਸ਼ੀਰ ਸਕੂਲ ਤੋਂ ਆ ਕੇ ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾਏਗਾ। |
bašīr sakūl tõ ā ke roṭī khāegā. |
When Bashir comes home from school he will eat dinner. |
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ਅਸੀਂ ਬੜੀਆਂ ਜਲੇਬੀਆਂ ਖਾਧੀਆਂ। |
asī̃ baṛīā̃ jalebīā̃ khā́dīā̃. |
We ate a lot of /jalebīā̃/. |
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ਬੱਚੇ ਦੁਧ ਪੀਂਦੇ ਨੇ। |
bačče dúd pī̃de ne. |
Children drink milk. |
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ਮੇਰੇ ਦੋਸਤ ਚਾਹ ਪੀਣਗੇ। |
mere dost čā́ pīṇge. |
My friends will drink tea. |
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ਮੁੰਡਿਆਂ ਕੁੜੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਸ਼ਰਬਤ ਪੀਤਾ। |
mũḍiā̃ kuṛīā̃ ne šarbat pītā. |
The boys and girls drank fruit syrup. |
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ਮੈਂ ਚਾਹ ਪੀ ਕੇ ਘਰ ਆਇਆਂ। |
mɛ̃ čā́ pī ke kàr āiā̃. |
After I had tea I came home. |
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15.20
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ਮੁੰਡੇ ਘਰੋ ਘਰੀ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਨੇ। |
mũḍe kàro kàrī jā̃de ne. |
The boys go from house to house. |
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ਫਕੀਰ ਪਿੰਡੋ ਪਿੰਡੀ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਨੇ। |
fakīr pĩḍo pĩḍī jā̃de ne. |
Fakirs go from village to village. |
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ਓਹ ਸ਼ਹਿਰੋ ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀ ਚਲੇ ਗਏ। |
ó šέro šέrī čale gae. |
They went from one city to another. |
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