Sat Sri Akal

I hope everyone is well.

My goal is to be fluent in spoken punjabi by the end of this year!

Having no Sikh friends make this a problem. But I'm looking through this thread and it seems very helpful.

It would be good to have more Sikh friends and maybe practice punjabi with.
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Kind regards.
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Sat Sri Akal DeepSingh
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Welcome to the forum.
That is a grand goal, I wish you success. May I ask how much you can understand and speak presently, just to know what your goal may mean, please?
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I too would like to undestand more. My aim is to understand the Sukhmani Sahib so when I attend the Gurdwara I feel the words.

I can understand my parents when they speak punjabi, but I find it hard understanding others. I can get the jist of what they are saying, but its frustrating not being able to respond!

My goals are:

1) Speak punjabi fluently with confidence.

2) Read and write punjabi to be able to read newspapers and the Guru Granth.

I hope to achieve number 1) first. To do this I will.

1) Listen to punjabi music 24/7, I've put some songs on my ipod and will listen even when I'm asleep. I've been listening to some bhangra for the last 3 hours and don't understand anything Also I will start listening to some pardth.

2) Start watching punjabi movies and tv shows.

For number 2)

I will start learning the alphabet and learn a few words EVERYDAY.

I want to improve my basic speaking before I go to the Gurdwara again. So at least I can understand and cement the basics.

I've never been more motivated than anything in my life before. I feel ashamed that I can't speak punjabi properly. But life is filled of struggles, what has happened, has happened. I have the strength now, to turn things around. Being on this forum is good motivation.

Growing up in a western environment, I've lost my roots. I will be speaking punjabi and understanding punjabi before this year is out!

I hope everyone is well.

My goal to speak punjabi isn't going very well!

I've joined up to mylanguageexchange to find voice partners to practice punjabi.

Is there anyone here would be willing to help me learn and practice?
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My skype is hardeep812,

Kind regards

Ahh, you sound like a lovely fella Deep - too bad I don't have any equipment to help etc!

How old are you if you don't mind me asking - do you have Punjabi classes?
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Here, in Australia we have Punjabi school that many attend - it's quite good!

Thank you for the reply!

I'm 27, so almost a buda . I live in London, in a heavily populated Sikh area. But I'm a bit embarrased going to a class, as I want to gain some confidence and solidify the basics first. I know a basic repitore of words but can't string them together coherently.
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I've been listening to alot of punjabi songs today, and wish I could understand them properly! I'm perservering and following some online punjabi stuff. I didn't know the word for blue was neela

deepsingh ji

Read your Visitor's comments. I have a summer project in mind. Once it is firmed up we can invite other people to be part of it.

Hehe, not old at all!

To be honest with you, I find it very difficult to understand some punjabi songs - and I'd say I'm pretty fluent!
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I don't mind helping you learn some basic punjabi, but I guess getting the pronunciation right might be a little difficult.
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P.S- I'm really bad with colours, so please share some more! Although, I know red is laal, black is kaala, white is chita ... and that's as far as it goes!

I hope your summer project goes ahead Narayanjot Ji

Roop Kaur ji

Here is what I have in mind.

I have been collecting a large number of resources in two categories.

One is a large collection of learning aids from Punjabi sources for learning vocabulary and grammar, basic sentences, and that kind of thing.

The second is a collection of materials on how to teach second language to adults/adult learners. Adults do not learn the way young children do. Yet, the information out there is not much geared to adults but just like what you would do with children. Adults get bored and frustrated and give up.
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So I am going to do is organize some learning using group interaction based on adult-friendly language experiences. Give me some time.

By the end of May I can start this. Not until then. We can all learn together, with the help of experts on the forum from time to time. Everyone can participate and it will not matter if the group is large or even just 2 o r 3 of us. It will be worth it. In the mean time, everyone needs to learn their alphabet - Punjabi - to save time.
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http://www.punjabonline.com/punjabi/alphabet.html BTW Click on the letter and you will hear the sound.

You can help us by being the spoken-Punjabi language expert!!!!!!!!!