हम

I and We: हम

Level 1Sounds Like hama

हम means I as well as we in everyday Awadhi.

How It Works

Hindi has मैं for I and हम for we. Awadhi uses हम for both, and in central speech the verb does not change.

AwadhiMeaning
हम जाबI will go, or we will go
हम अहीI am, or we are
हम गएनI went, or we went

If it is not clear from the situation, add लोग: हम लोग घरे अही means we are at home. A group of people can also be named: अमित अउर हम.

हम has a few related forms: हमका (to me), हमसे (from me) and हमार (my, our). हमार becomes हमरे when a postposition follows the noun, and before खातिर and संग: हमरे घर मा, हमरे खातिर.

You may hear मैं from some Lucknow city speakers, who borrow it from Hindi, and मोर or मोका in the west near Sitapur. The lessons use हम.

Examples (5)

  1. हम अमित अही।

    I am Amit.

    हम stands for one person here.

  2. हम लखनऊ मा रहत अही।

    I live in Lucknow.

    The helper अही goes with हम.

  3. हम लोग बजार जात अही।

    We are going to the market.

    लोग makes it clear that it is a group.

  4. हमका जाड़ लागत अहै।

    I feel cold.

    हमका is हम plus का.

  5. हम काल्हि जाब।

    I will go tomorrow.

    The future for हम ends in -ब.

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हमLevel 1I and We: हम

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हम is the first subject you use, so you need to know where a subject sits.

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