Hindi Pronouns
Learning the Hindi Pronouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Hindi language. But first we need to know what the role of Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Hindi.
Hindi pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject). Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Hindi Pronouns |
| Pronouns | sarvanaam - सर्वनाम |
| I | main - मैं |
| you | aap - आप |
| he | vah - वह |
| she | vah - वह |
| we | ham - हम |
| they | ve - वे |
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| me | mujhe - मुझे |
| you | aap - आप |
| him | use - उसे |
| her | usaki - उसकी |
| us | ham - हम |
| them | unako - उनको |
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| my | mera (p) meri (f) - मेरा (p) मेरी (f) |
| your | tumhara (s) aapaka (p) - तुम्हारा (s) आपका (p) |
| his | usaki - उसकी |
| her | usake - उसके |
| our | hamare - हमारे |
| their | unake - उनके |
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| mine | mera - मेरा |
| yours | tumhara - तुम्हारा |
| his | usaki - उसकी |
| hers | usaka (p) and usaki (f) - उसका (p) and उसकी (f) |
| ours | hamara - हमारा |
| theirs | unka (m) and unki (f) - उनका (m) and उनकी (f) |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Pronouns in Hindi has a logical pattern. Locate the Pronouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Devanagari.
List of Pronouns in Hindi
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Hindi placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hindi vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Hindi Pronouns |
| I speak | main baat karta hoon | - मैं बात करता हूँ | |
| you speak | tum bolte ho | (s) aap bolte ho | (p) - तुम बोलते हो | (s) आप बोलते हो | (p) |
| he speaks | vah bolta hai | - वह बोलता है | |
| she speaks | vah bolti hai | - वह बोलती है | |
| we speak | ham baat karte hain | - हम बात करते हैं | |
| they speak | ve bolte hain | - वे बोलते हैं | |
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| give me | mujhe do | - मुझे दो | |
| give you | tum do | - तुम दो | |
| give him | use do | - उसे दो | |
| give her | use do | - उसे दो | |
| give us | hamen do | - हमें दो | |
| give them | unhen do | - उन्हें दो | |
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| my book | meri pustak - मेरी पुस्तक |
| your book | tumhari pustak - तुम्हारी पुस्तक |
| his book | usaka kitab - उसका किताब |
| her book | usaki pustak - उसकी पुस्तक |
| our book | hamari pustak - हमारी पुस्तक |
| their book | unki pustak - उनकी पुस्तक |
Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Hindi, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Devanagari Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Hindi lessons here: Learn Hindi. Don't forget to bookmark this page.