When to use it
Use it when planning the next day with friends or family.
The sentence in English (“Shall we go to the park tomorrow?”)
In “Shall we go to the park tomorrow?” ‘Shall we’ makes a suggestion and ‘to the park’ gives the direction.
- Shall
- auxiliary verbshall · tense: present · modal verb; "Shall we…?" makes a suggestion
- we
- pronounpersonal pronoun, first person plural
- go
- verbgo · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "shall"
- to
- prepositionpreposition of direction
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- park
- nounnoun
- tomorrow
- adverbadverb of time
The sentence in Punjabi (“ਕੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਪਾਰਕ ਚੱਲੀਏ?”)
In “ਕੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਪਾਰਕ ਚੱਲੀਏ?” the subjunctive ‘ਚੱਲੀਏ’ (let us go) makes the suggestion without marking gender. ‘ਕੱਲ੍ਹ’ means both tomorrow and yesterday; the verb shows it is tomorrow.
- ਕੀ
- particlequestion marker; here it offers a suggestion
- ਅਸੀਂ
- pronoun'we'
- ਕੱਲ੍ਹ
- adverbboth 'tomorrow' and 'yesterday'; the verb decides
- ਪਾਰਕ
- noun'park'; no ‘to’ needed
- ਚੱਲੀਏ
- verbਚੱਲਣਾ · form: subjunctive, 1st plural · 'go'; ਚੱਲੀਏ makes a suggestion
What changes from one language to the other (English × Punjabi)
English has two words, tomorrow and yesterday; Punjabi uses ‘ਕੱਲ੍ਹ’ for both and needs no ‘to’.
Example conversation
— ਕੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਪਾਰਕ ਚੱਲੀਏ?
— Shall we go to the park tomorrow?
— ਹਾਂ, ਸਵੇਰੇ, ਗਰਮੀ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ।
— Yes, in the morning, before it gets hot.