B01
core
Context
Time
Time Point / Time Span
When does it happen?
basic
Time adverbial
Temporal phrase
ਅਰਥ
The time location of an event or state: a point, period, date, moment, duration, or time frame.
ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪਛਾਣਣਾ ਹੈ
Find words that place the event on a timeline.
ਉਦਾਹਰਨਾਂ
ਸ਼ਬਦ
today|yesterday|now|tomorrow|week|year
ਵਾਕਾਂਸ਼
last night|in two hours|for three days
ਵਾਕ
We met yesterday.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Timeline
past ─ yesterday ─ now ─ tomorrow
▲
We met
Span: for three days
Frame: last night
Compare shape
Time can be a: POINT: yesterday / now SPAN: for three days OFFSET: in two hours FRAME: last night Forms may be adverb, case, preposition, particle, tense.
ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਝਲਕ
ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਮੂਲ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ)
ਮੌਜੂਦਗੀ
strong
ਮਹੱਤਤਾ
Time points and spans use adverbs or postpositional phrases such as ਕੱਲ੍ਹ, ਸਵੇਰੇ and ਦੋ ਵਜੇ.
ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਆਵਾਂਗਾ।
I tomorrow will-come.
ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਸਿੱਖੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ
ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ
ਮੌਜੂਦਗੀ
strong
ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲਤਾ
English uses time adverbs and prepositions such as at, on, in, for, and since to locate events in time.
I arrived at six yesterday.
at six yesterday = time point/span
ਸਿੱਖਣ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਆਮ ਸਮੱਸਿਆ
Learners often mix up at/on/in, for/since, and word order of time expressions.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.