Sabak 3 / 12

Sidha quiz te jao

Whose is it? da, di, de

Possession with da, di and de, and my, your, our: mera, tuhada, saada. They agree with the thing owned.

da, di, de: the Punjabi ’s

Punjabi puts the owner first, then ਦਾ, ਦੀ or ਦੇ, then the thing owned: ਪਾਪਾ ਦਾ ਫ਼ੋਨ (Papa da phone), Dad’s phone. Think of it as an ’s that stands after the owner as a word of its own.

The ending agrees with the thing owned, not with the owner: da for a masculine thing, di for a feminine one, de for masculine plural, and dian for feminine plural.

  • ਪਾਪਾ ਦਾ ਫ਼ੋਨ

    Papa da phone

    Dad’s phone

    ਫ਼ੋਨ is masculine.

  • ਮੰਮੀ ਦੀ ਗੱਡੀ

    Mummy di gaddi

    Mom’s car

    ਗੱਡੀ is feminine.

  • ਗੁਰੂ ਦਾ ਲੰਗਰ

    Guru da langar

    the Guru’s langar

  • ਅੱਜ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮਨਾਮਾ

    Ajj da Hukamnama

    today’s Hukamnama

  • ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ

    Punjab dian gallan

    stories of Punjab

    ਗੱਲਾਂ is feminine plural, so dian.

My, your, our

The possessive words work the same way, with the same endings. His and her are one word: ਉਸ ਦਾ ਘਰ is his house or her house. Only the thing owned matters.

  • ਮੇਰਾ, ਮੇਰੀ, ਮੇਰੇ

    mera, meri, mere

    my

  • ਤੇਰਾ, ਤੇਰੀ, ਤੇਰੇ

    tera, teri, tere

    your, to a close friend or a child

  • ਤੁਹਾਡਾ, ਤੁਹਾਡੀ, ਤੁਹਾਡੇ

    tuhada, tuhadi, tuhade

    your, respectfully or to more than one

  • ਸਾਡਾ, ਸਾਡੀ, ਸਾਡੇ

    saada, saadi, saade

    our

  • ਉਸ ਦਾ, ਉਸ ਦੀ, ਉਸ ਦੇ

    us da, us di, us de

    his, her, its

  • ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦਾ, ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀ, ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੇ

    unhan da, unhan di, unhan de

    their; his or her, respectfully

In sentences

Put together, these are some of the first sentences anyone says about their family.

  • ਇਹ ਮੇਰਾ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਹੈ

    Ih mera parivaar hai

    This is my family

  • ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

    Tuhada naam ki hai?

    What is your name?

  • ਮੇਰੀ ਭੈਣ ਡਾਕਟਰ ਹੈ

    Meri bhain doctor hai

    My sister is a doctor

  • ਸਾਡੇ ਚਾਚਾ ਜੀ ਆਏ ਹਨ

    Saade chacha ji aaye han

    Our uncle has come

    Saade and aaye are plural out of respect (lesson 10).

  • ਉਸ ਦੀ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?

    Us di kitaab kithe hai?

    Where is his (or her) book?

Sujhaa: Before an elder, the plural shows respect: mere papa ji, not mera. Many speakers do the same for women: mere mata ji.

Is sabak baare tutor nu puchho

Aapne aap nu parkho

  1. Sawal 1.Mom’s car: Mummy ___ gaddi
  2. Sawal 2.Dad’s phone: Papa ___ phone
  3. Sawal 3.Your name (respectfully): ___ naam
  4. Sawal 4.Our house: ___ ghar
  5. Sawal 5.ਉਸ ਦਾ ਘਰ (us da ghar) means…
  6. Jiven suneha likhde ho, uven hi likho. Shabad-jor di chhot hai: roti jaan rotee, achha jaan acha.

    Sawal 6.Ask “What is your name?” respectfully.
  7. Sawal 7.Say “This is my family.”

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