Sabak 9 / 12

Sidha quiz te jao

Questions, and saying no

Question words (ki, kaun, kithe, kadon, kiven, kyon) and the ways to say no: nahi, na and nahi si.

Yes-or-no questions

A yes-or-no question can be a statement with a rising voice: ਤੁਸੀਂ ਠੀਕ ਹੋ? (Tusi theek ho?), are you okay? To make it plain, start with ਕੀ (ki). The word order stays the same.

  • ਤੁਸੀਂ ਠੀਕ ਹੋ?

    Tusi theek ho?

    Are you okay?

  • ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੋਲਦੇ ਹੋ?

    Ki tusi Punjabi bolde ho?

    Do you speak Punjabi?

  • ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾ ਲਈ?

    Roti kha layi?

    Have you eaten?

  • ਚਾਹ ਪੀਓਗੇ?

    Chaa peeoge?

    Will you have tea?

Question words

A question word sits where the answer would go, usually just before the verb, not at the front as in English: ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਜਾ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ?, literally “you where going are?”

  • ਕੀ

    ki

    what

  • ਕੌਣ

    kaun

    who

  • ਕਿੱਥੇ

    kithe

    where

  • ਕਦੋਂ

    kadon

    when

  • ਕਿਵੇਂ

    kiven

    how

  • ਕਿਉਂ

    kyon

    why

  • ਕਿੰਨਾ

    kinna

    how much

In sentences

Here they are at work. Notice where each one lands.

  • ਇਹ ਕੀ ਹੈ?

    Ih ki hai?

    What is this?

  • ਉਹ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ?

    Oh kaun hai?

    Who is that?

  • ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਜਾ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ?

    Tusi kithe ja rahe ho?

    Where are you going?

  • ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਦੋਂ ਆਓਗੇ?

    Tusi kadon aaoge?

    When will you come?

  • ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ?

    Tuhada ki haal hai?

    How are you? (respectfully)

  • ਇਹ ਕਿੰਨੇ ਦਾ ਹੈ?

    Ih kinne da hai?

    How much is this?

  • ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਿਉਂ ਹੱਸ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ?

    Tusi kyon hass rahe ho?

    Why are you laughing?

Saying no

ਨਹੀਂ (nahi) is the everyday no and not, and ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ (nahi si) is wasn’t. ਨਾ (na) is the don’t of commands, as in ਫ਼ਿਕਰ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ (fikar na karo), don’t worry (lesson 8). For “or not” at the end of a question, add ਕਿ ਨਹੀਂ (ki nahi). To an elder, soften it: ਨਹੀਂ ਜੀ. And the safe yes is ਹਾਂਜੀ (haanji).

  • ਨਹੀਂ ਜੀ

    Nahi ji

    No (respectfully)

  • ਹਾਂਜੀ

    Haanji

    Yes (respectfully)

  • ਮੈਂ ਘਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ

    Main ghar nahi si

    I wasn’t home

  • ਆਉਣਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਨਹੀਂ?

    Auna hai ki nahi?

    Are you coming or not?

  • ਕੋਈ ਗੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ

    Koi gall nahi

    No worries

Is sabak baare tutor nu puchho

Aapne aap nu parkho

  1. Sawal 1.Where?
  2. Sawal 2.Why?
  3. Sawal 3.Where does a question word usually go in Punjabi?
  4. Sawal 4.I wasn’t home: Main ghar ___

  5. Jiven suneha likhde ho, uven hi likho. Shabad-jor di chhot hai: roti jaan rotee, achha jaan acha.

    Sawal 5.Ask “Where are you going?” respectfully.
  6. Sawal 6.Ask “How much is this?”
  7. Sawal 7.Say “No worries.”

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