केकर

Asking Whose: केकर

Level 2Sounds Like kēkara

केकर asks whose.

How It Works

केकर works like a possessive. Put it before the thing, and the answer is a name with कै or a possessive.

  • ई केकर किताब अहै? (Whose book is this?)
  • अमित कै। (Amit's.)
  • ओकर। (His.)

It does not change for the gender or number of the thing: केकर साइकिल, केकर साइकिल अहैं. The helper follows the thing owned.

If you want to ask who, use के अउर कउन. Use केकर only for ownership.

Before a postposition, केकर changes to केकरे, as हमार changes to हमरे: केकरे घर मा? (in whose house?) Hindi says किसका; Awadhi says केकर.

Examples (5)

  1. ई केकर किताब अहै?

    Whose book is this?

    केकर comes before किताब.

  2. ऊ केकर लरिका अहै?

    Whose child is that?

    केकर stays the same.

  3. केकर फोन बाजत अहै?

    Whose phone is ringing?

    केकर can start the sentence.

  4. ई केकर चप्पल अहैं?

    Whose sandals are these?

    The helper is अहैं because चप्पल is plural.

  5. तुम केकरे घर मा रहत हौ?

    Whose house do you live in?

    केकर becomes केकरे before मा.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi किसका.

    ई किसका किताब अहै?
    ई केकर किताब अहै?

    Awadhi uses केकर.

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केकरLevel 2Asking Whose: केकर

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केकर combines the question word के with the -कर ending of ओकर.

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