Teach Yourself Panjabi Complete Course (Book Only)
by Kalra, Surjit SinghEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-11-26
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary
Speak with a Sikh. Teach yourself Panjabi! With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu; Ancient Greek to Modern Persian; Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow any of the Teach Yourself Language Courses at your own pace or use them as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are professionally designed for self-guided study, making them one of the most enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar Regular and irregular verb tables Plenty of practice exercises and answers Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout An exploration of the culture And much more
Author Biography
Surjit S. Kalra is the author of many books and short stories in Panjabi and English.
Navtej K. Purewal teaches Panjabi at the university level.
Sue Tyson-Ward is alanguage consultant teacher and writer .
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| How to use this course | p. 5 |
| The Panjabi script and sound system | p. 9 |
| How are you? | p. 37 |
| Language points | |
| Possessive adjectives | |
| Formal and informal speech | |
| Asking questions in Panjabi | |
| Word order | |
| I'm Kiran | p. 50 |
| Language points | |
| Subject pronouns | |
| Use of subject pronouns | |
| The present tense of [characters not reproducible] is, am and are | |
| Formal uses of possessive adjectives | |
| Word order | |
| What does it taste like? | p. 62 |
| Language points | |
| Interrogative words | |
| Nouns | |
| Adjectives | |
| The simple verb | |
| The possessive particle [characters not reproducible] | |
| of | |
| That's very good news! | p. 81 |
| Language points | |
| The present tense | |
| Subject--verb agreement | |
| Simple postpositions | |
| Nouns in the oblique | |
| Adjectives in the oblique | |
| What was the matter? | p. 95 |
| Language points | |
| The present continuous tense (-ing) | |
| Uses of present continuous | |
| The imperative | |
| Was and were | |
| The past continuous tense | |
| Negative sentences | |
| Making interrogative sentences | |
| Did you study in Jalandhar? | p. 108 |
| Language points | |
| The past tense | |
| Negative sentences | |
| Interrogative sentences | |
| What will you (have to) drink? | p. 124 |
| Language points | |
| The future tense | |
| More forms of the Imperative | |
| Ordinal numbers | |
| What time is it? | |
| I enjoy playing the sitar | p. 138 |
| Language points | |
| Pronouns in the oblique | |
| Must, have to | |
| Infinitives in the oblique | |
| Vocative case | |
| The ending [characters not reproducible] vaalaa | |
| Our cloth is the best! | p. 156 |
| Language points | |
| Comparison of adjectives | |
| [characters not reproducible] can and can't | |
| [characters not reproducible] already completed | |
| The relative pronouns [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] | |
| More uses of [characters not reproducible] | |
| A day in the village | p. 170 |
| Language points | |
| The past tense | |
| The 'agentive' postposition [characters not reproducible] ne | |
| Compound verbs | |
| The particle [characters not reproducible] ke | |
| The Golden Temple | p. 186 |
| Language points | |
| Conjunct verbs | |
| Causative verbs | |
| The infinitive as a verbal noun | |
| The passive voice | |
| [characters not reproducible] like | |
| A letter home | p. 197 |
| Language points | |
| The perfect tenses | |
| How did it go? | |
| The subjunctive | |
| Conditional sentences | |
| Marriage customs | p. 210 |
| Language points | |
| Participial uses | |
| The particle jihaa | |
| Reflexive adjectives and pronouns | |
| What did they say about me? | p. 223 |
| Language points | |
| Purpose clauses | |
| Compound postpositions | |
| Indirect speech | |
| Vaisakhi | p. 232 |
| Language points | |
| Relative-correlatives | |
| The subjunctive particle [characters not reproducible] | |
| The verb [characters not reproducible] | |
| Oblique infinitives with [characters not reproducible] | |
| Folk dances of Panjab | p. 243 |
| Language points | |
| Future continuous | |
| Phrases of choice | |
| [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] | |
| Appendices | p. 254 |
| Key to exercises | p. 255 |
| Topic vocabulary | p. 265 |
| Panjabi--English glossary | p. 276 |
| Grammar and verb index | p. 295 |
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