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The Punjabi grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Punjabi and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
To ask questions, use the following:
What?: ਕੀ? [kī?] ![]() |
Who?: ਕੌਣ? [kauṇa?] ![]() |
How?: ਕਿਵੇਂ? [kivēṁ?] ![]() |
Why?: ਕਿਓਂ? [ki'ōṁ?] ![]() |
Where?: ਕਿੱਥੇ [kithē] ![]() |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
Never: ਕਦੇ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ [kadē vī nahīṁ] ![]() |
Rarely: ਵਰਿਲੇ ਹੀ [varilē hī] ![]() |
Sometimes: ਕਦੇ-ਕਦੇ [kadē - kadē] ![]() |
Usually: ਆਮ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ [āma taura tē] ![]() |
Always: ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ [hamēśā] ![]() |
Very: ਬਹੁਤ [bahuta] ![]() |
Most commonly used pronouns in Punjabi:
I: ਮੈਂ [maiṁ] ![]() |
You: ਤੁੰ, ਤੁਸੀਂ [tu, tusīṁ] ![]() |
He: ਉਹ ਉਸ (ਮਰਦ ਲਈ) [uha usa (marada la'ī)] ![]() |
She: ਉਹ ਉਸ (ਔਰਤ ਲਈ) [uha usa (aurata la'ī)] ![]() |
We: ਅਸੀਂ [asīṁ] ![]() |
They: ਉਹ, ਉਹਨਾਂ [uha, uhanāṁ] ![]() |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
My: ਮੇਰਾ [mērā] ![]() |
Your: ਤੁਹਾਡਾ [tuhāḍā] ![]() |
His: ਉਸਦਾ (ਮਰਦ ਲਈ) [usadā (marada la'ī)] ![]() |
Her: ਉਸਦਾ (ਔਰਤ ਲਈ) [usadā (aurata la'ī)] ![]() |
Our: ਸਾਡਾ [sāḍā] ![]() |
Their: ਉਹਨਾਂ [uhanāṁ uhanāṁdā] ![]() |
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
Some extra grammatical structures:
The above Punjabi grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Punjabi vocabulary to obtain some popular Punjabi phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |