Sindhi Nouns
Welcome to the third Sindhi lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Sindhi to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes پٽاٽا | tomatoes ٽماٽا | onions بصَر | carrots ڳاڙهيون گجرون |
fruits ميوو | apples صُوف | bananas ڪيلا | oranges نارنگيون |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Sindhi |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | ڇا توهان وٽ کير آهي؟ |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | مونوٽ کير ۽ ڪافي آهي |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | هن وٽ ٽي صوف آهن |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | هن وٽ فقط ٽي صوف آهن |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | اسان هڪ ننڍڙي گھر ۾ رهندا آهيون |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | مونکي پنهنجي نيرن پسند آهي |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread ماني | milk کير | butter مکڻ | cheese پنير |
coffee ڪافي | sandwich سموسو | meat گوشت | chicken ڪڪڙ |
fish مڇي | breakfast نيرن | lunch منجهند جي ماني | dinner رات جي ماني |
Conversation in Sindhi
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Sindhi |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Sindhi)? | ڇا توهان سنڌي ڳالهائيندا آهيو؟ |
| Just a little | ٿوري گھڻي |
| I like Sindhi | مونکي سنڌي وڻندي آهي |
| Can I practice with you? | ڇا مان توهان سان گڏ مشق ڪريان؟ |
| How old are you? | توهان جي عمر ڪيتري آهي؟ |
| I'm thirty three years old | منهنجي عمر ٽيٽيھ سال آهي |
| It was nice talking to you | توهان ڳالھ ٻولھ ڪري سٺو لڳو |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Sindhi. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Sindhi Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |