Learn Punjabi for family and everyday conversation
Practice a greeting, a thank-you, and a goodbye before your next conversation. Start with transliteration and reveal Gurmukhi when it helps.
Build a short exchange
Start with the greeting, ask how the other person is, and finish with a thank-you or goodbye. Your family may prefer a different greeting or pronunciation. Ask which version they use; the examples here are from Bhol’s published learning corpus.
| Meaning | Say it | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Hello | sat sri akaal | Show scriptਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ |
| Goodbye | phir milange | Show scriptਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾਂਗੇ |
| Thank you | shukriya | Show scriptਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ |
| Excuse me or sorry | maaf karo | Show scriptਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ |
| How are you | ki haal hai | Show scriptਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ |
| Thank you | dhanvaad | Show scriptਧੰਨਵਾਦ |
Try it before you download
Rehearse the opening of a call twice: once while reading and once with the examples covered. On the next call, use just the opening you practiced. Let the rest of the conversation develop naturally.
I tried it — what next?
Try once more without looking. If a word is still difficult, practice that small part and then put it back into the full exchange. In Bhol, choose Punjabi to continue with lessons and guided conversations.
Make this practice useful outside the lesson
Choose someone you feel comfortable practicing with and explain that you are working on a short exchange. Ask them to reply at a pace you can follow. If they use a different phrase, ask what it means and when they prefer it. The goal is to understand and respond, not to force every conversation to follow a script.
Transliteration lets you start speaking without already reading Gurmukhi. It is a guide to the written example, not an audio recording. Compare it with the voices you hear at home and use the native script view when it is useful to you.
Continue practicing Punjabi in Bhol.
