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Pronouns & Basic Sentence Structure

Personal pronouns, SOV word order, honorific levels and होना (to be)
तू / तुम / आप — आदर के स्तर
tuu / tum / aap — respect levels
tuu / tum / aap
Intimate / familiar / formal — choose by relationship
यह/वह बनाम ये/वे
yah/vah vs ye/ve
singular vs plural/respect
Plural forms also show respect for one person
तिरछे सर्वनाम: मुझ, तुझ, इस, उस
oblique pronouns: mujh, tujh, is, us
mujh, tujh, is, us
Pronouns change before postpositions
मुझको/मुझे, तुझको/तुझे
to me, to you (object pronouns)
mujhko/mujhe, tujhko/tujhe
को combines with pronouns: मुझे = to me
मेरा/मेरी/मेरे — possessive agreement
my (m/f/pl) — possessive agreement
meraa/merii/mere
Possessives agree with the thing possessed
इसका / उसका — its / his-her
iskaa / uskaa — its / his-her
iskaa / uskaa
Third person possessives from इस/उस
अपना — one's own
apnaa — one's own (reflexive possessive)
apnaa
अपना refers back to the subject: मैं अपना काम करता हूँ
कोई / कुछ — someone / something
koii / kuchh — someone / something
koii / kuchh
Indefinite pronouns: कोई (people), कुछ (things)
सब / सभी — all / everyone
sab / sabhii — all / everyone
sab / sabhii
Inclusive pronouns
एक-दूसरे — each other
ek-duusre — each other
ek-duusre
Reciprocal expression