Learn Hindi
Pronouns
The first person pronoun in English is “I” as in ” I am _______”. Hindi equivalent for English “I” is “मैं (main)”. “am” is a be verb. Together ” I am” translates to ” “मैं ____हूँ”. (main —-hoon) in Hindi. Hindi follows Subject-Object-Verb format. All Hindi sentences end with verbs. “हूँ” (hoon) is a Hindi “be verb” like “am” in English only used for first person pronouns.| Hindi | English |
| मैं पीटर हूँ | (main peter hoon) | I am peter |
| मैं spiderman हूँ | (main spiderman hoon) | I am the spiderman |
| मैं photographer हूँ | (main photographer hoon) | I am a photographer. |
| मैं अमेरिकन हूँ | (main american hoon) | I am american. |
| मैं awesome हूँ | (main awesome hoon) | I am awesome |
| Masculine (singular) | मेरा फोनmeraa phone | My phone |
| Masculine (plural) | मेरे फोनmere phone | My phones |
| Feminine (singular) | मेरी बहनmeri behan | My sister |
| Feminine (plural) | मेरी बहनेmeri behane | My sisters |
| Honor | मेरे पिताजीmere pitaajee | My father |
मेरा , मेरी , मेरे = My
| Hindi | English |
| मेरा नाम पीटर है |(meraa naam peter hai) | My name is Peter. |
| मेरा नाम टीना है |(mera naam teena hai) | My name is Teena. |
| मेरा नाम जोसफ है|(mera naam joseph hai) | My name is Joseph. |
| मेरा नाम सैम है |(meraa naam sam hai) | My name is Sam. |
| मेरा नाम रोन है |(meraa naam ron hai) | My name is Ron. |
मेरा नाम (meraa naam) = My name
Second Persons in Hindi.
You will learn to say sentences like
“You are beautiful” or “You are my love” in Hindi. There are 3 equivalents for English “you” in Hindi “तू (tu)“-is used when you are talking to someone who is either younger than you or very close to you in a relationship. Your friends, wives,younger sisters,brothers fall into this category.It is advisable not to use this pronoun while talking to a stranger or a person who is elder than you. “तुम(tum)” – Use it freely in all the informal conversations. “आप(aap)”- is used in formal conversations,more often while talking with elders or strangers.
| Hindi | English | |
| First Person Singular | मैं पीटर हूँ |main peter hoon | I am Peter |
| Second Person (very informal) | तू पीटर है |tu peter hai | You are Peter |
| Second Person (informal) | तुम पीटर हो |tum peter ho | You are Peter |
| Second Person (formal) | आप पीटर हैं |aap peter ho | You are Peter |
तू,तुम,आप = you
Possessive Pronouns
The English first person possessive pronoun is “My”. Hindi has 3 equivalents for this. 1)मेरा (mera) – to be used for masculine nouns 2)मेरी(meri) -to be used for feminine nouns 3)मेरे /मेरी(mere/meri) – to be used for plural nouns depending on the gender
Second Person Personal Pronoun
You will learn to say sentences like
Your name is Monica.
Your car is Ford in Hindi.
| Masculine(singular) | तेरा फोन teraa phone तुम्हारा फोन tumhaaraa phone आपका फोन aapkaa phone | Your phone |
| Masculine(plural) | तेरे फोन tere phone तुम्हारे फोन tumhaare phone आपके फोन aapke phone | Your phones |
| Feminine(singular) | तेरी बहन teri bahan तुम्हारी बहन tumhaari bahan आपकी बहन aapki bahan | Your sister |
| Feminine(plural) | तेरी बहने teri bahane तुम्हारी बहने tumhaari bahane आपकी बहने aapki bahane | Your sisters |
| Honor | तेरे पिताजी tere pitaajee तुम्हारे पिताजी tumhaare pitaajee आपके पिताजी aapke pitaajee | Your father |
तू = तेरा ,तेरी ,तेरे
तुम = तुम्हारा,तुम्हारी ,तुम्हारे
आप = आपका ,आपकी ,आपके
| Hindi | English | |
| First Person Singular | मेरा नाम पीटर है | mera naam peter hai | My name is Peter |
| Second Person (very informal) | तेरा नाम पीटर है | tera naam peter hai | Your name is Peter |
| Second Person (informal) | तुम्हारा नाम पीटर है| tumhara naam peter hai | Your name is Peter |
| Second Person (formal) | आपका नाम पीटर है | aapka naam peter hai | Your name is Peter |
In this Hindi lesson
Third person Possessive Pronouns
Previously you learned Hindi pronouns like मैं (main), तुम (tum),यह (yah), वह (vah)………….. You also learned the possessive forms of pronouns “मैं” and “तुम” The possessive forms of “मैं ” are “मेरा / मेरी /मेरे ” Similarly the possessive forms of “तुम ” are “तुम्हारा/तुम्हारी/तुम्हारे” In this lesson, we shall see the possessive form of यह (yah) and वह (vah) We will try to make sentences like His Car is Ford or Her name is Monica. Just to remind you that “यह” is used to describe objects or persons near you while “वह” is used to describe objects away from you.| Hindi | English | |
| Talking about a person who is near you.For example: You and John are talking about your third friend who is sitting together with you. | इसका फोनiska phone | His/Her phone |
| इसकी गाड़ीiskee gaadi | His/Her Car | |
| इसका भाईiskaa bhaai | His Brother | |
| इसकी बहनiskee bahan | His/Her Sister | |
| इसका फोन samsung है |iskaa phone samsung hai |
His/Her phone is samsung. |
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| इसकी गाड़ी Ford है | iskee gaadi ford hai | His/Her car is Ford. |
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| Talking about a person who is away from you.For example You and John are talking about who is not with you but somewhere else. | उसका फोनooska phone | His/Her phone |
| उसकी गाड़ीooskee gaadi | His/Her Car | |
| उसका भाईooskaa bhaai | His Brother | |
| उसकी बहनooskee bahan | His/Her Sister | |
| उसका फोन samsung है |ooskaa phone samsung hai |
His/Her phone is samsung. |
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| उसकी गाड़ी Ford है |ooskee gaadi ford hai | His/Her car is Ford. |
| Hindi | English |
| हम भारतीय हैं |(hum bhaarteey hain) | we are Indians. |
| हम डॉक्टर हैं |(hum doctor hain) | We are Doctors. |
| आप भारतीय हैं |(aap bhaarteey hain) | You are Indians. |
| आप डॉक्टर हैं |(aap doctor hain) | You are Doctors. |
| वे भारतीय हैं |(ve bharteey hain) | They are Indians. |
| वे डॉक्टर हैं |(ve doctor hain) | They are Doctors. |
हम = weआप = You
वे = They
| भारत हमारा देश है |(bhaarat hamaara desh hai) | India is our country. |
| अमरीका आपका देश है |(amrikaa aapkaa desh hai) | Amerika is your country. |
| जपान उनका देश है |(japaan unkaa desh hai) | Japan is their country. |
| इंडिका हमारी कार है |(indicaa hamaari car hai) | Indica is our car. |
| स्पार्क आपकी कार है |(spark aapki car hai) | Spark is your car. |
| मारुती उनकी कार है |(maaruti unkee car hai) | Maruti is their car. |
| हमारे पैसे(hamaare paise) | Our money |
| आपके पैसे (aapke paise) | Your money |
| उनके पैसे(unke paise) | Their money |
Our = हमारा/हमारी /हमारे
Your = आपका / आपकी /आपके
Their = उनका /उनकी /उनके