amardeep Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Gurfateh I've tried looking for simple texts for people learning to read Gurmukhi. Texts as simple as the below. I tried with Jagdev Singh's bed time stories for kids but they thought the language was too tricky (which it actually is considering it is meant for kids). Do you know of any simple short texts I can print out? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Bro, have you gone through the Balupdesh Pothi? It might not be helpful, but do have a look. http://www.gursevak.com/downloads Bhul chuk maaf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted April 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 I'll try and take a look. Please keep links coming 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Amardeep, one good thing is the Gurbani Pothis that have Gurmukhi with romanised text beneath (Gurmukhi sounds spelt out in English letters). You can follow the English sounds to figure out the Panjabi sounds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 @amardeepWho are your target students? Children, adults, academics? You might have to make some yourself. It shouldn't be too hard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, dalsingh101 said: @amardeepWho are your target students? Children, adults, academics? You might have to make some yourself. It shouldn't be too hard. Adults. Do you know of any texts for download? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 18 minutes ago, amardeep said: Adults. Do you know of any texts for download? Well, what are you trying to achieve specifically with them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 When you are teaching, you should have explicit 'Learning Objectives'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 22 minutes ago, dalsingh101 said: Well, what are you trying to achieve specifically with them? The basic aim is for them to be able to read Punjabi. Apart from two converts, they are all punjabi so they already know the language. I tried with some texts but they often find them difficult to begin with. They are happy about short phrases of small Words... Many punjabi senteneces are quite long so they often tend to forget what they've read as they struggle along the sentence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 1 hour ago, amardeep said: The basic aim is for them to be able to read Punjabi. Apart from two converts, they are all punjabi so they already know the language. I tried with some texts but they often find them difficult to begin with. They are happy about short phrases of small Words... Many punjabi senteneces are quite long so they often tend to forget what they've read as they struggle along the sentence. My advice is to make short maybe 2 to 3 word sentences and build up from that. So like ਘਰ ਜਾ ਘਰ ਨਾ ਜਾ ਕੁਰਸੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਬੈਠ ਕੁਰਸੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਨਾ ਬੈਠ ਪਾਰਕ ਜਾ ਅਮਰਦੀਪ ਨਾਲ ਪਾਰਕ ਜਾ ਗੱਡੀ ਵਿਚ ਬੈਠ ਗੱਡੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਨਾ ਬੈਠ ਦੀਪਾ ਨਾਲ ਜਾ You should think of some of your own now. Keep them simple and try and make them relevant/useful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Wonderful. Thank you very much, I will copy paste yours and make some myself :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 If you're giving formal lessons, a great thing would be to get the Panjabi speakers to start making short sentences for each other to read! Me and a nephew used to do this, and we had a lot of fun doing it (especially with swearing). But then I'm a bit immature like that, but it kept the student engaged and laughing. Things like: ਯੂ ਆਰ ਏ ਬਿਗ ਆਰਸ-ਹੌਲ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Hahaha.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Khoji Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Dally, it shouldn't be ਆਰਸ-ਹੌਲ (arsehaul) rather hole. Maybe its just a typo but telling you since you love Punjabi so much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 How would you spell 'hole' then? ਹੋਲ is 'hol', which is definitely not right. I think ਹੌਲ is as near as we are going to get? And it is exactly like a freshie from back home trying to say hole i.e. 'haul' Ju know, I bent to the park butt on da bhay I did phaul into da haul in da road. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 @amardeep When you've made your doc, share it with the world so that they too can help people learn Panjabi without having to reinvent the wheel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted April 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 1 minute ago, dalsingh101 said: @amardeep When you've made your doc, share it with the world so that they too can help people learn Panjabi without having to reinvent the wheel. Definately i will. They found your sentences quite useful :) They had a hard time guessing what ਪਾਰਕ was haha. I had another text that said "dollar".. they spend ages trying to figure it what a punjabi doular was. lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sajjan_Thug Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 On 4/3/2016 at 7:27 AM, amardeep said: Gurfateh I've tried looking for simple texts for people learning to read Gurmukhi. Texts as simple as the below. I tried with Jagdev Singh's bed time stories for kids but they thought the language was too tricky (which it actually is considering it is meant for kids). Do you know of any simple short texts I can print out? Check this out http://www.5abi.com/5ratan/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted April 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Wonderful. Thanks Singh! Page looks interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 On 4/7/2016 at 1:50 PM, amardeep said: Definately i will. They found your sentences quite useful :) They had a hard time guessing what ਪਾਰਕ was haha. I had another text that said "dollar".. they spend ages trying to figure it what a punjabi doular was. lol When you planning to share your sentences bro? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted April 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Havent made any yet. I found Gurinder SIngh Mann's book on punjabi learning so I printed out some of his pages instead with some "basic" sentences. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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