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LESSON 2
 Lesson
3
Lets look at vowels when they come on their own.
As these are used quite frequently make sure you can
identify them all in the next figure.
Now recheck your answers.
Did you guess what the funny things at the bottom of the
figures are ?
Its the numbers 0-9 in Punjabi although not used very much
nowadays.
See if you can identify the vowel marks when they modify
consonants.
And check your answers
Letters aDe , Z , mark r ,and Nu .
aDe is a difficult sound for westerners to pronounce. It
means rolling the tongue right back behind the hard palate (futher
back than the sound D ) and then uncurling it fast eg as in
the word ladki (girl) ; ladai ( fight ) . Then the letter Z.
Next is a r mark which makes as in the next figure a kr sound
here. Under M it would make it Mr etc. Next is the letter Nu
-long u .
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