आपन

One's Own: आपन

Level 1Sounds Like āpana

आपन means one's own and points back to the subject.

How It Works

आपन means own. It tells the listener that the owner is the same person as the subject.

SentenceMeaning
ऊ आपन किताब पढ़त अहै।She reads her own book.
ऊ ओकर किताब पढ़त अहै।She reads someone else's book.

The first sentence makes the owner clear. In the second, ओकर points to a different person.

आपन does not change for person or noun: हम आपन किताब पढ़ब, तुम आपन काम करौ. Before घरे it is usually अपने: अपने घरे (at one's own home). Before a noun with a postposition you will hear both: अपने घर मा (in one's own house), आपन पुरान सहेली से.

It is common with family and home words: आपन गाँव, आपन लोग.

Examples (5)

  1. ऊ आपन किताब पढ़त अहै।

    She is reading her own book.

    आपन points back to ऊ.

  2. हम अपने घरे जाब।

    I will go to my own home.

    It works for हम too.

  3. तुम आपन काम करौ।

    Do your own work.

    It works with a command.

  4. नेहा आपन पुरान सहेली से मिलै गई।

    Neha went to meet her old friend.

    आपन shows it is Neha's friend, and here it stays आपन before से.

  5. अमित अपने घरे अहै।

    Amit is at his own home.

    अपने is the usual form before घरे.

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आपनLevel 1One's Own: आपन

Learn This First

आपन replaces a possessive when the owner is the subject, and you see it in a -त अहै sentence.

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