बाड़ऽ / बाड़ू
You Are: बाड़ऽ and बाड़ू
With तू, use बाड़ऽ to a man and बाड़ू to a woman.
How It Works
बाड़ऽ and बाड़ू are the present forms of to be for तू, the friendly you.
| Speaking to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| a man | बाड़ऽ | तू कइसन बाड़ऽ? |
| a woman | बाड़ू | तू कइसन बाड़ू? |
The same endings appear on other tenses. In the progressive, तू का करत बाड़ऽ? is said to a man and तू का करत बाड़ू? to a woman. The past of रहल is रहलऽ and रहलू.
Write बाड़ऽ with the ऽ. Some writers drop it, but the final a is heard.
To an elder or a stranger, do not use तू. Use रउआ with बानी: रउआ कइसन बानी?
Examples (5)
- तू कहाँ बाड़ू?
Where are you? (to a woman)
बाड़ू is for a woman.
- तू कइसन बाड़ऽ?
How are you? (to a man)
बाड़ऽ is for a man.
- राहुल, तू स्कूल में बाड़ऽ?
Rahul, are you at school?
बाड़ऽ after a man's name.
- सुनीता, तू घरे बाड़ू?
Sunita, are you at home?
बाड़ू after a woman's name.
- तू थाकल बाड़ऽ का?
Are you tired?
बाड़ऽ before the question word का.
Common Mistakes
Using बाड़ऽ to a woman.
नेहा, तू कहाँ बाड़ऽ?नेहा, तू कहाँ बाड़ू?The ending should show the person spoken to is a woman.
How It Connects
Learn This First
बाड़ऽ and बाड़ू are the तू forms of the बानी verb, chosen by respect level and by the gender of the person you speak to.
- बानीI Am: बानी
बाड़ऽ and बाड़ू are the तू forms of the verb you met in बानी: हम घरे बानी, तू घरे बाड़ऽ.
Level 1 - Three Levels of Respect
You say बाड़ऽ or बाड़ू only with familiar तू, and the three levels of respect explain who gets तू.
Foundations - Reading Bhojpuri in Devanagari
The final ऽ in बाड़ऽ keeps a short a that is said, so you need to read that mark.
Foundations - Gender and Number
You say बाड़ऽ to a man and बाड़ू to a woman, so you need to know a verb can show gender.
Foundations
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