Learn Punjabi in 25 Days

145 Pages·2.407 MB·Panjabi-English

by  Santoh Singh Principal

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PRINCIPAL SANTOKH SINGH
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LEARN PUNJABI
IN 25 DAYS
By
Principal Santokh Singh
M.A,M.Ed (GoldMedanist)
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ISBN81-7601-397-8
FifthEdition.August2004
Sixth Edition: February2005
Price: 501-
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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
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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
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