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Personal Pronouns

تو / تم / آپ

Three words for 'you': تو / تم / آپ

By level of formality.

📊 Pronouns
Person Pronoun Note
I میں main -
you (intimate) تو tū very close / God / rude
you (casual) تم tum friends, juniors
you (polite) آپ āp respect, strangers
he/she/it وہ wo genderless
they وہ wo same word
💬 Examples
تو / تم / آپ
tū / tum / āp
you (intimate / casual / polite)
📝 Three politeness levels
میں / ہم
main / ham
I / we
📝 First person
وہ = 'he / she / it / that'; یہ = 'this'

No gender on the pronoun itself.

💬 Examples
وہ ڈاکٹر ہے۔
wo ḍākṭar hai.
He/She is a doctor.
📝 وہ = he or she
یہ کیا ہے؟
ye kya hai?
What is this?
📝 یہ = this; وہ = that
آپ takes plural verb forms

Respect = grammatical plural.

💬 Examples
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
āp kaise hain?
How are you? (polite)
📝 آپ + ہیں (plural for respect)
تم کیسے ہو؟
tum kaise ho?
How are you? (casual)
📝 تم + ہو