Gurfateh...
Born in a punjabi speaking family, I had to learn English from school. and I learnt it from "A=apple, B=Boy, c=cat"
but today I know "A=Awesome, Aware, Agree,....."
I have also come to know that "Being cool" does not mean being at a freezing temperature.
I would have not come to know all these amazing things in english without knowing its alphabets, practising english in my day to day speaking, interacting with english speaking individuals, and exposure to english media.
...add more or remove some......This is the drill for learning any language.
Gurmukhi being the major language of SGGS, any one willing to learn it will have to go through this process.
So please don't get discouraged if anyone finds more than one meaning to same word. It is with every language.
In the end, it all depends upon how we actually reflect on the meaning of these words. Right reflections come with experience, faith and love for learning.
Take my case..being punjabi speaking..I myself most of the times misunderstand the right context of words in SGGS... but then SPN and other online resources help me to answer my curious misinterpretations.
So start from Alphabets of Gurmukhi...start from simple meanings...once started...never loose heart.....you will eventually get there....then you would know..what is what and when....
Just to add:
Gurudwara Congregation is called "SANGAT" in Gurmukhi/punjabi.
My inspiration for learning any language:
"Translation can never reflect authors' thought, it reflects translator's thoughts in most of the cases"
"Anything in form of hymns, can be reflected in countless forms in its own language, translating it into other language restricts it to only one form"
I hope this helps..
Rupinder Singh
