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Basic Course in Punjabi

By Pawan Kumar and Dr. Nirmaljit Kaur   |   Northern Regional Language Centre, Punjabi University Campus, Patiala
Learners enrolled: 690
Basic Course in Punjabi Language is designed to learn Punjabi online. This course will teach the basics of Punjabi Language in Gurmukhi Script. In this course, learner will learn the basic aspects regarding Punjabi language and Culture.
Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Not Applicable
Language for course content : Punjabi
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Language
Credit Points : 4
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 01 Jan 2025
End Date : 30 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends : 28 Feb 2025
Exam Date : 17 May 2025 IST
Exam Shift :

Shift - II

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week-wise Course Layout

Week 1

Introduction to land,  literature and culture; Greetings; Self-introduction.

Week 2

Introduction to Personal pronouns, Demonstrative pronouns and Possessive pronouns

Week 3

Gurmukhi Orthography and Punjabi Scripts; Vowels and Consonants and other diacritics

Week 4

Gender, Number, Noun, Adjective and Adverbs

Week 5

verbs, Postposition Conjunctions, Punctuation mark

Week 6

Case, Time, Colors, seasons,

Week 7

Present tense and its kinds; opposite words; counting

Week 8

Past tense and its kinds; kinship terms

Week 9

Future tense and its kinds; negative, interrogative

Week 10

Typing on Computer and mobile; applications Writing, proverbs and idioms

Week 11 & 12

Daily life routine activities in conversation method

Books and references

-An Intensive Course in Punjabi by Motia Bhatia

- A reference Grammar of Punjabi by Harjit Singh Gill

- The Punjabi Language by N. I. Tolstaya

- Introductory Punjabi by Ujjal Singh Bahari and P.S. Walia

-Colloquial Punjabi by Mangat rai Bhardwaj

- Teach Yourself Punjabi by Purewal and Kalra

- Punjabi: A cognitive-descriptive Grammar by Tej K. Bhatia

-Bharathiya Bhsha Jyothi-Punjabi,CIIL,Mysore

Instructor bio


Pawan Kumar

Pawan Kumar received Ph.D from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in 2015 in Punjabi Language. He is working presently as lecturer in Punjabi at Northern Regional Language Centre, Punjabi University Campus, Patiala from 2018. This centre is northern centre of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru. He is teaching Punjabi to Non-native speaker of Punjabi at the centre.


Dr. Nirmaljit Kaur

Dr. Nirmaljit Kaur Ph.D from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in Punjabi Language. She is working presently as HOD and Assistant Professor, Punjabi department at Sikh National College, Banga, SBS Nagar from 2018


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