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  मेरा पलंग   meraa palang  - My bed That’s quite straight forward yeah? But it’s not always that easy! Let me show you a few different examples, read through them slowly and see if you can notice a pattern… मेरी किताब   meree kitaab  - My Book उसके आलू   uske aloo  - His Potatoes तुम्हारी बहन   tumhaaree bahan  - Your Sister हमारे समोसे   hamaare samose  - Our Samosas This is why we say  मेरा घर  meraa ghar  - My House because  घर   ghar  - House is a Masculine word but we say  मेरी किताब   meree kitaab  - My Book; because  किताब  kitaab  - Book is a Feminine word! Can you see the difference? Do you understand why there is this difference? So let’s look at this in a bit more detail… In the  Singular Masculine Case: मेरा घर  meraa ghar  - My House आपका बेटा  aapkaa betaa  - Your Son  For the  Plural Masculine Case: This is when the thing s...

  मेरा कमरा   meraa kamraa  - My Room आपका शब्दकोश   aapkaa shabdkosh  - Your Dictionary  उसका दरवाज़ा   uskaa darvaazaa  - His Door Can you follow those examples? The Possessive Pronouns work in a very similar way to English ones! So are you ready to see the full list of Hindi Possessive Pronouns?  अच्छा  acchaa  - great! Deep breathe in, here goes… First Person Singular मेरा        meraa                My First Person Plural हमारा      hamaaraa            Our Second Person Singular  तेरा         teraa                  Your (Very Informal) Second Person Plural आपका      aapkaa               Your (Formal) तुम्हारा      tumhaaraa          Your (Informal) Third Per...

मैं हूँ           main hoon   -  I am हम हैं         ham hain   -    We are तू है           too hai      -    You are (Intimate) आप हैं       aap hain    -    You are (Formal) तुम हो       tum ho     -    You are (Casual) यह है         yeh hai     -     He / She / This is  (Near) ये हैं           ye hain     -    These / They are  (Near) वह है         voh hai     -     He / She / That is (Far) वे हैं           ve hain     -     Those / They are (Far)  Phew! How was there? There’s a lot to remember don’t you think? Well actually there’s just three (and a bit) rules ...

Hindi has   only   4 different rules and it’s super easy to tell which rule we apply, so if you’ve mastered English plurals you can master Hindi ones! Masculine Nouns Firstly we’re going to break down every single Masculine Noun into two groups, those that end with the vowel  आ  aa  and those that end with anything else! We’re going to call these Type 1 and Type 2. Each different type has a different rule, so let’s get straight to it! Type 1 Masculine Nouns  (Those that end with  आ   aa )   For these nouns, to make them plural, we simply drop the  आ   aa  from the end of the word and instead add an  ए   e . So let’s see a few examples… कुत्ता   kuttaa  - ‘dog’ is  कुत्ते  kutte  - 'dogs’ Can you see what we’ve done here? Yeah see, just like I said above - we simply drop the drop the  आ   aa  from the end of the word and add an  ए   e ! Here’s another example; The plura...

Infinitive forms of होना (hona – to be) infinitive direct होना indirect होने Imperative forms of होना (hona – to be)  Informal singular तू (tu – you) हो singular or plural तुम (tu – you) हौ आप (tu – you) हूजिए Conjugation of होना (hona – to be) with masculine forms Singular – एकवचन – Ekvachan Plural – बहुवचन – Bahuvachan 1 st  person 2 nd  person 3 rd  person 1 st  person 2 nd  person 3 rd  person मैं ( m͠ai – I) तू ( tū – you) ये ( ye – he/she) हम ( ham – we) तुम ( tum – you) ये ( ye – they) indicative present हूँ ( hū̃) है ( hai) है ( hai) हैं ( h͠ai) हो ( ho) हैं ( h͠ai) past imperfect था ( thā) था ( thā) था ( thā) थे ( the) थे ( the) ...