Social Issues: Health and Community
Read Panjabi words for healthy living and community in Gurmukhi script: staying healthy, and the people who help, from the fire brigade to caring for elders.
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Health and community
This module builds your Panjabi for two everyday topics: looking after your health, and the people who help in a community.
Each example is a Panjabi word with its English meaning. A full sentence looks like this: ਮੈਂ ਸਿਹਤਮੰਦ ਹਾਂ (main sehatmand haan), meaning I am healthy.
Words for health
Start with four health words.
Match each community word
- ਅੱਗ ਬੁਝਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ
- ਹਾਦਸੇ
- ਬਰਾਬਰਤਾ
- ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗਾਂ ਲਈ ਘਰ
- the fire brigade
- accidents
- equality
- an old people home
A healthy balance
Healthy living is about balance: moving your body, eating good food and getting enough rest. There is no single right shape or size, and asking for help is always fine. Communities look after people too, from the fire brigade in an emergency to caring for elders and treating everyone equally.
Which word is health?
Which Panjabi word means health?
- ਸਿਹਤ
- ਕਸਰਤ
- ਖੂਨ
- ਸਾਹ
Spot the two health words
Select the TWO words that are about health.
- ਕਸਰਤ
- ਖੁਰਾਕ
- ਬਰਾਬਰਤਾ
- ਹਾਦਸੇ
Match each health word
- ਸਿਹਤਮੰਦ
- ਭਾਰ ਘਟਾਉਣਾ
- ਖੂਨ
- ਸਾਹ
- healthy
- to lose weight
- blood
- a breath
Health and community
Reading the whole word tells you whether it is about looking after yourself or helping others. Here are more of each.
Find the two health words
Tap the TWO words that are about health.
- ਸਿਹਤ, health
- ਹਾਦਸੇ, accidents
- ਕਸਰਤ, exercise
- ਬਰਾਬਰਤਾ, equality
Reading a sentence
Now read a full Panjabi sentence:
ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕਸਰਤ ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ (mainu kasrat pasand hai) = "I like exercise". The word ਪਸੰਦ (pasand) means liking, and this frame, ਮੈਨੂੰ ... ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ, is how Panjabi says I like something.
What does it say?
In ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕਸਰਤ ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ (mainu kasrat pasand hai), what does the person like?
- Exercise
- Health
- Blood
- Equality
Look after your health
Put the steps of looking after your health into a sensible order.
- Eat good food
- Exercise often
- Get enough rest
- Drink plenty of water
- See a doctor if you feel sick
Complete the wellbeing facts
Looking after your body is being _____. Moving your body is _____. Good food gives you _____. In an emergency the _____ brigade helps. Treating everyone the same is _____.
Read the sign
Use what you know to read each Panjabi word on a sign. Choose each time.
- A leaflet is about staying ਸਿਹਤਮੰਦ (sehatmand). What is it about?
- A number calls the ਅੱਗ ਬੁਝਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ. Who comes?
- A poster is about ਬਰਾਬਰਤਾ (barabarta). What does it stand for?
Write about health and community
In English, write about how you look after your health and how people help each other in a community, using some of the Panjabi words. This is written in English and is not auto-marked.
- Name two things you do to stay healthy
- Name one Panjabi health word, such as ਸਿਹਤ or ਕਸਰਤ, and its meaning
- Say why equality or helping others matters
- Write one full Panjabi sentence, for example ਮੈਂ ਸਿਹਤਮੰਦ ਹਾਂ