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Lesson 4.1 House of Matra



             There are 9 Matra or vowel symbols in Punjabi.  Say the name

             of each letter and matra in the house, for example- aida mukta


             uh, aida kanna aa, eedi sihaari ih. Read the sound example with

             each matra in the table.






                                                            A



                                                            Mukta-uh






                                ie   eI                                     E    AO




                               Sihaari     Bihaari                         Hoda        Knauda
                                                            Aw

                                  ey   AY                   Kanna           au   aU



                               Laavaan     Dulaavaan                        Onkad   Dulenkad








               Aw        ie  eI                  ey  AY                E           AO  au  aU





               kMnw ishwrI ibhwrI              lwvW       dulwvW        hoVw      knOVw     AONkV       dulYNkV

             Kanna  Sihaari  Bihaari  Laavaan  Dulaavaan               Hoda       Knauda  Onkad  Dulenkad



                                                                                      oo as in
                                                                 o as in
                                                      o as in
                                                ee as in
                                            a as in
                                                a as in                                                  oo as in
                                               ay as in
                                                 i as in
                                                                             hook
                                                                                       school
                                                 bay
                                                  bee
                                                       oak
                                                call                                                 cop
                                              dad
                                                   is
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