एहि / ओहि

This and That Before a Postposition

Level 2Sounds Like ēhi a'ura ōhi

Before a postposition ई becomes एहि and ऊ becomes ओहि.

How It Works

PlainBefore a postposition
ई (this)एहि
ऊ (that)ओहि
  • एहि बात पर (about this matter)
  • ओहि घर मा (in that house)
  • एहि दुकान से (from this shop)

The same change happens when ई and ऊ stand alone before a postposition: ओका, एका, ओसे. Those pronoun forms are in the tables for the personal pronouns.

Used without a postposition, the plain form is right: ई घर नवा अहै. Before कै you will see both: एहि इलाका कै, ई साड़ी कै. Compare हमरे, तुम्हरे अउर ओकरे, which changes in the same position.

The change is also used with time words: ओहि दिन (on that day).

Examples (5)

  1. एहि बात पर हम कछू नाहीं कहब।

    I will not say anything about this matter.

    एहि comes before बात पर.

  2. ओहि घर मा बहुत लोग रहत अहैं।

    Many people live in that house.

    ओहि comes before घर मा.

  3. एहि दुकान से चाय लेव।

    Get tea from this shop.

    एहि comes before दुकान से.

  4. ओहि दिन बरखा भई।

    It rained on that day.

    ओहि also goes with a time word.

  5. एहि सहर मा हम रहत अही।

    I live in this city.

    एहि comes before सहर मा.

Common Mistakes

  • Keeping ई and ऊ before a postposition.

    ऊ घर मा बहुत लोग रहत अहैं।
    ओहि घर मा बहुत लोग रहत अहैं।

    Before मा, ऊ becomes ओहि.

How It Connects

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एहि / ओहिLevel 2This and That Before a Postposition

Learn This First

ई and ऊ change when the noun after them takes a postposition.

Words in This Pattern

एहिओहि