Punjabi Grammar Made Easy
3 degrees of "Where have they gone?" (Faithful acct of personal experience).
Punjab Roadways bus Manali-Chandigarh, early morn in winter, only 9 passengers, stops at Aut.
Conductor: "Bus punj-dus mint rukni a; chaah paani peelo., p'shaab-p'shoob jaana a jaa aao". Group of 5 Bengali tourists go out, nobody notices they pick a dhaba 50 mtr down the road and order full-fledged meal.
Time for dep. Over half the passengers i.e. group of Bongs, are missing.
Conductor: (pheet pheeet) "Chandigarh-chandigarh-chandigarh! Bus jaan waali 'a!"
Bongs still missing.
Conductor (First degree of "Where have they gone?"): "O kithhe chall gaye?"
Seeti: "pheet-pheeeet!" Bus horn: "Pwaaaaa". Leyland engine: "Rumble rumble rumble".
Bongs still missing.
Conductor (Second degree of "Where have they gone?"): "O kithhe badd gaye!"
Seeti: "Pheet-pheeeeeeeeet!". Horn: "Pwaaaa-waaaaa-waaaa!". Leyland engine: "Rumble rumble roar!"
Bongs still missing.
Conductor (Third degree of "Where have they gone?"): "O kithhe marr gaye!"
Fourth degree would have definitely included unprintable expletives.
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