बहुतै / उहै

Adding Weight with -ै

Level 3Sounds Like bahutai a'ura uhai

An -ै at the end of a word adds weight: that very, really.

How It Works

An -ै at the end of a word makes it stronger. It is the Awadhi way to say "really", "exactly" or "just".

PlainWith -ै
बहुत (very)बहुतै (really very)
ऊ (that)उहै (that very one)
ई (this)इहै (this very one)
तब (then), with -हींतबहीं (just then)

Compare the plain बहुत नीक with बहुतै नीक. The second one is warmer and stronger.

Do not confuse this with the -ै of the purpose form (मिलै, करै) or with अहै. Here the -ै is attached to a describing word or a pronoun, and it just stresses it.

If you want a different kind of weight, use तौ (as for, really) after the word. The two can share a sentence: ई फिलिम तौ बहुतै नीक अहै.

Examples (4)

  1. ई फिलिम बहुतै नीक अहै।

    This film is really good.

    बहुतै stresses नीक.

  2. कहानी उहै, गाना उहै।

    Same story, same songs.

    उहै means the very same.

  3. हम इहै चाहत अही।

    This is exactly what I want.

    इहै points to this very thing.

  4. ऊ अबहीं आवा।

    He came just now.

    अबहीं is अब with -हीं, which adds the same weight to a time word.

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बहुतै / उहैLevel 3Adding Weight with -ै

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उहै is ऊ with the emphatic -ै added.

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उहैइहै