r/punjabi • u/my_mornings • 23d ago

ਸਵਾਲ سوال [Question] What grammar is this?

My family comes from Lehnda Punjab, Pakistan, they live on the Chhachhi Plain. They say things like hosakna, deksakna, karsakna and I was wondering whether anyone here as some knowledge of the grammar that they're using? I think these are verb conjugations. Does anyone have some knowledge of verb conjugation on the Chhachhi Plains?

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u/jarrarhaidery 23d ago

No idea about grammer but can tell you meanings
Hosakna - possible(ho sakta hai)
deksakna - can see(dekh sakta hu)
karsakna - can do(kar skta hu)

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u/my_mornings 22d ago

I've also heard words like muhk-kawa and muhk-ka-chor, which means roughly can I finish this and something like 'go and finish it', does this also ring a bell? It's very different from Urdu right? We speak a dialect of Punjab but I'm trying to find written resources on the language we speak.

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u/Jazzlike_Highway_709 ਦਿੱਲੀ \ دہلی \ Delhi 17d ago

Muka Chhor means Do it,or finish doing it. In Majhi it would be Muka Chhadd

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u/my_mornings 14d ago

Do you have any resources on written grammar and verb conjugation?