Lesson 1:
Essential Expressions

Want more lessons? Sign up today.

Choose the subscription that is right for you in order to access your full language learning experience.

Greetings and Personal Pronouns

Let’s review the vocabulary you’ve learned so far.

नमस्कार namaskār	hello/goodbye
धन्यवाद! dhanyavād	Thank you!
कोई बात नहीं koī bāt nahī̃	you’re welcome/it’s all right
स्वागत है! swāgat hai!	Welcome!
फिर मिलेंगे phir mileṅge	see you later
जी jī	sir/ma’am (affirmative)
माफ़ कीजिये māf kījiye	excuse me/sorry

Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns are used in place of nouns. In Hindi, the personal pronouns are:

मैं maĩ	I
तुम tum	you
वह vah*	she/he/it/that
यह yah*	she/he/it/this
हम hum	we
आप āp	you
वे ve	they/those
ये ye	they/those

*Please note the two pronunciations of वह and यह: vah and vo, and yah and ye. The latter two pronunciations are more modern and what you will hear in everyday speech in India.

As you can see above, there are two ways of saying you in Hindi: आप āp and तुम tum. These forms can be used when addressing one person or more than one person, and they are both polite forms. There is also another singular personal pronoun for you: तू tū. This, however, is an extremely informal manner of addressing someone; it is used to address someone younger, or very close. As someone just learning Hindi, you should stick to using आप āp or तुम tum.

Lesson 1: Essential Expressions

Want more lessons? Sign up today.

Greetings and Personal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Lesson 1:
Essential Expressions