ਸੌਂ ਜਾਣਾ
sauṁ jāṇā
In Punjabi, "go to sleep" is expressed as ਸੌਂ ਜਾਣਾ (sauṁ jāṇā).
The phrase is used to describe both the physical act of beginning to sleep and the command to go to bed. Additionally, you may use ਸੁਖੀ ਸੋਵੋ to mean "sleep well" as a farewell phrase.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the verb ਸੌਂ (sauṁ), meaning "to sleep" and the auxiliary verb ਜਾਣਾ (jāṇā), meaning "to go" or "to become".
How does it change in a sentence?
When using the phrase as a command, the auxiliary verb ਜਾਣਾ changes to ਜਾਓ (jā'ō) to form the standard polite imperative ਸੌਂ ਜਾਓ. To express that someone "went to sleep" or "fell asleep" in the past tense, conjugate the auxiliary verb based on the subject: use ਗਿਆ (gi'ā) for masculine subjects to get ਸੌਂ ਗਿਆ and use ਗਈ (ga'ī) for feminine subjects to get ਸੌਂ ਗਈ.
How do you pronounce it?
sauṁ jāṇā
Did you know?
- In some Punjabi households, a parent might tell a child ਸੌਂ ਜਾ as a way to stop them from arguing or complaining, rather than literally telling them to go to bed.
- The verb ਸੌਂ shares a common ancestral root with words in other Indo-Aryan languages, tracing back to the ancient Sanskrit term 'supta'.
- The auxiliary verb ਜਾਣਾ (jāṇā) in this phrase acts like a 'verb of motion' that signals a change in state, much like how English uses 'fall' in 'fall asleep'.
Examples in context
- ਸੌਣ ਜਾGo to sleep.
- ਮੈਂ ਜਲਦੀ ਸੌਂ ਜਾਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ।mai jaldi saun jaana chaunda haan.I want to go to sleep early.
- ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹੁਣ ਸੌਂ ਜਾਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੇ ਹੋ?ki tusi hun saun jaana chaunde ho?Do you want to go to sleep now?
Example conversation
Two people are talking in the bedroom late at night.
- ਹਰਮਨ Hermanਪ੍ਰੀਤ, ਹੁਣ ਸੌਂ ਜਾਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।Preet, hun saun jaana chaahida hai.Preet, we should go to sleep now.
- ਪ੍ਰੀਤ Preetਬਸ ਪੰਜ ਮਿੰਟ ਹੋਰ, ਹਰਮਨ।Bas panj mint hor, Harman.Just five more minutes, Harman.
- ਹਰਮਨ Hermanਸਾਨੂੰ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਜਲਦੀ ਉੱਠਣਾ ਹੈ।Saanu savaire jaldi uthna hai.We have to wake up early tomorrow.
- ਪ੍ਰੀਤ Preetਠੀਕ ਹੈ, ਮੈਂ ਹੁਣ ਸੌਂ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹਾਂ।Thik hai, main hun saun jandi haan.Okay, I will go to sleep now.
