जवन

Who or Which: जवन

Level 3Sounds Like javana

जवन adds a description to a noun: who or which.

How It Works

जवन starts a clause that describes a noun. It is the Awadhi word for "who" or "which" in a description.

Noun	With जवन
ऊ लरिका	जवन फोन पर अहै
ऊ मनई	जवन चाय बनावत अहै
ऊ किताब	जवन तुम दिहेव

The clause that follows has its own verb, and it follows the usual rules. जवन itself never changes for gender or number.

Often a pointing word comes later, to say which one is the answer: जवन किताब तुम दिहेव, ऊ हमका बहुतै नीक लागत अहै (the book you gave me, I like it very much). The pair जवन ... ऊ is common.

Do not confuse जवन with के or कउन, which are question words (who? which?). For "whose" use जेकर.

Examples (4)

ऊ लरिका जवन फोन पर अहै, हमार भाई अहै।
The boy who is on the phone is my brother.
जवन describes the boy.
गुरप्रीत, जवन फिलिमन कै समीक्षा लिखत अहै, हमार दोस्त अहै।
Gurpreet, who writes film reviews, is my friend.
जवन adds extra information about Gurpreet.
जवन किताब तुम दिहेव, ऊ हमका बहुतै नीक लागत अहै।
I like the book you gave me very much.
जवन ... ऊ links the description to the answer.
ऊ मनई जवन चाय बनावत अहैं, हमार चाचा अहैं।
The man who is making tea is my uncle.
अहैं is the respectful plural.

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जवनLevel 3Who or Which: जवन

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जवन is the linking partner of the question word कउन.

के / कउनAsking Who or Which
Know the question word कउन, because जवन is its linking partner in ऊ लरिका जवन फोन पर अहै.
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