आज / काल्ह / अबहीं

Today, Tomorrow and Right Now

Level 1Sounds Like āja, kāl'ha ā abahīṁ

आज is today, अबहीं is right now, and काल्ह is the day before or the day after today.

How It Works

Bhojpuri uses one word, काल्ह, for both yesterday and tomorrow. This is common in the languages of the Hindi belt, and it rarely causes confusion.

Word	Meaning	Verb that goes with it
आज	today	any
काल्ह	yesterday	past: हम काल्ह घरे रहनी।
काल्ह	tomorrow	future: हम काल्ह जाइब।
अबहीं	right now, just now	usually -त बा

अबहीं is अब (now) plus the sharpening -हीं, so it means right now and not later. Use आज and अबहीं freely at Level 1; save the past and future verbs for when you reach those lessons.

To say the day after tomorrow or the day before yesterday, speakers use परसों, but at first काल्ह and आज will carry you through most talk.

Examples (5)

आज दुकान बंद बा।
The shop is closed today.
आज is today.
काल्ह एतवार ह।
Tomorrow is Sunday.
काल्ह here means tomorrow; the next day is Sunday.
हम काल्ह घरे रहनी।
I was at home yesterday.
The past verb रहनी makes काल्ह mean yesterday.
हम काल्ह बजार जाइब।
I will go to the market tomorrow.
The future verb जाइब makes काल्ह mean tomorrow.
अबहीं चाय बनत बा।
Tea is being made right now.
अबहीं means right now, while the tea is still in the making.

Common Mistakes

Using the Hindi word for yesterday and tomorrow.
कल हम बजार जाइब।
काल्ह हम बजार जाइब।
Write काल्ह in Bhojpuri, not the Hindi कल.

How It Connects

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आज / काल्ह / अबहींLevel 1Today, Tomorrow and Right Now

Learn This First

काल्ह means yesterday or tomorrow, so you need to see how the verb shows tense.

Tense and Aspect
काल्ह means both yesterday and tomorrow, and only the tense of the verb shows which one.
Foundations

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आजकाल्हअबहीं

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