Friday, March 9, 2012

What's the difference between tera, tu, tum and tumhara in Hindi?

Also, what's the difference between mera, mere, meri and also hai, hain, ho.What's the difference between tera, tu, tum and tumhara in Hindi?
These are also Urdu words. I am writing with examples:



1).Tera = Yours : Kya yeh tera hai? = Is this yours?

2)Tumhara = Yours : Kya yeh tumhara hai? = Is this yours?



*Tumhara is more literate form. It is better to use 'apka' or 'tumhara'

instead of 'tu'. All three mean the same.



3).Tu = You : Tu kaun hai? = Who are you?

4).Tum = You : Tum kaun ho? = Who are you



*Tum is more literate form. It is better to use 'app' or 'tum' instead of 'tu'. All three mean the same.



*'App' or 'apka' is mostly used while talking with someone bigger in age like parents. It is a respective way to talk to them



5)Mera = Mine: Yeh mera hai = This is mine

6)Meri = Mine : Yeh meri hai = This is mine



*'Mera' is used for Masculine words and 'Meri' is used for Famine words.



7).Hai has been used above. It is mostly used as a verb to show present tense. It is mostly used with 'Tu'



8)Hain is used in plural and is also a present tense verb like 'Yeh meri kitabain hain' = These are my books. It is also used when we wrirte 'App' in a sentence



9). Ho = 'Kya yeh tum 'ho'? = Is this you?. 'Ho' is mostly used with 'tum'



'Ho', 'hai', and 'hain' can not be explained in English properly but I tried my best. You can see that these word do not have any direct English translations in the example sentences





Have a nice day! :)What's the difference between tera, tu, tum and tumhara in Hindi?
There are three levels of honorifics in Hindi/Urdu. It is not a question of more or less literate forms but higher and lower levels of honorifics.



High level: aap (you), aap ka (your)

Middle level: tum (you), tumhara (your)

Low level: tu (you), tera (your)



hai: used for 3rd person singular and for the lowest level of honorific for 2nd person (tu)

ho: used with tum

hain: used for 3rd person plural and also for aap.

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