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Personal Pronouns

Three levels of 'you'

Personal pronouns

मैं, तू/तुम/आप, यह/वह.

📊 Pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st मैं (maiṃ) हम (ham)
2nd intimate तू (tū) —
2nd informal तुम (tum) तुम
2nd formal आप (āp) आप
3rd near यह (yah) ये (ye)
3rd far वह (vah) वे (ve)
💬 Examples
मैं / तुम
maiṃ / tum
I / you
📝 तुम = informal 'you'
यह / वह
yah / vah
this/he-she / that/he-she
📝 Also used for he/she/it
Three levels of 'you'

तू (intimate), तुम (informal), आप (formal / respectful).

💬 Examples
आप कैसे हैं?
āp kaise haiṃ?
How are you? (formal)
📝 आप = respectful 'you'
तुम कैसे हो?
tum kaise ho?
How are you? (informal)
📝 तुम = informal
यह/वह for he, she, it

Hindi has no separate gendered third-person pronoun.

💬 Examples
यह मेरी किताब है
yah merī kitāb hai
This is my book
📝 यह = this / he / she
वह स्कूल जाता है
vah skūl jātā hai
He goes to school
📝 वह = that / he / she