आपन / अपना

One's Own: आपन and अपना

Level 2Sounds Like āpana ā apanā

आपन किताब is my own, your own or his own book, depending on who the subject is.

How It Works

It points back to the subject of the sentence. Compare: राहुल आपन किताब पढ़त बा (his own book) and राहुल ओकर किताब पढ़त बा (somebody else's book).

आपन is the same for I, you, he and she. It shortens the sentence, so you do not need to say whose it is.

It cannot describe the subject itself. In हमार घर बड़ बा (my house is big), say हमार, not आपन.

नेहा अपना सहेली से भेंट करे गइली।
Neha went to meet her friend.
अपना because से follows.
हम आपन किताब भुला गइनी।
I forgot my book.
आपन.
तू आपन नाम लिखऽ।
Write your own name.
आपन.
राहुल अपना भाई के संगे गइल।
Rahul went with his brother.
अपना because के follows.
ऊ आपन काम करेला।
He does his own work.
आपन.

Using आपन before a postposition.
हम आपन घर में बानी।
हम अपना घर में बानी।
Before a postposition use अपना.

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आपन / अपनाLevel 2One's Own: आपन and अपना

आपन takes the place of a possessive such as ओकर, and अपना changes before a postposition as हमरा does.

आपनअपना

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