Hélène
in which ways punjabi differs from hindi? Some basic grammar differences please? unfortunately couldn't find anything of value on the internet :( ! Want to understand punjabi songs :))) from songs i learned .. -wa' means future tense in punjabi thats one thing i got:) and 'tenu', 'menu' instead of mmujhe tujhe.. ...? please, oh kind hindi-punjabi speakers :) and haan, thank you :)))
Jul 22, 2014 4:57 PM
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I guess you heard the song "main tenu samjhawa" Differences between Hindi and Punjabi are similar to differences between Italian and Spanish.. You already wrote Tenu, menu.. Then Twadda in punjabi - tumhara/tera in hindi Saada in punjabi - mera in hindi Kithe - kidhar ki - kya kedda - kaunsa I am not a Punjabi speaker per se, but I can understand some of it..
July 23, 2014
The difference between Hindi and Punjabi is very much like the difference between Russian and Ukrainian, or between German and Dutch. The structures and grammatical mechanisms are "mostly" the same, lots of words are "basically" the same, but look or sound different most of the time. There is also a psychological gap between them, the speakers of the former (Hindi, Russian, German) typically considering the latter (Punjabi, Ukrainian, Dutch) more or less a variant of their own languages... and often enough not taking it too serious... typically only recognizing but not understanding... The speakers of the latter typically are the ones understanding and often speaking well the other's language. They are the ones more probably being bilingual than the other way round. During my time in India (2008-2010), I never met a Pubjabi person not also fluent in Hindi or Urdu...
September 22, 2022
only roots and the sentence structure are the same, all the rest is different
September 10, 2014
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