इहाँ / उहाँ

Here and There

Level 1Sounds Like ihām̐ ā uhām̐

इहाँ or एहिजा means here, and उहाँ or ओहिजा means there.

How It Works

Two pairs mean here and there.

HereThere
first pairइहाँउहाँ
second pairएहिजाओहिजा

Both pairs are everyday Bhojpuri. A speaker usually keeps to one pair.

They go with से for from: इहाँ से (from here), उहाँ से (from there). With ले or तक they mean up to: उहाँ तक.

उहाँ के, with के, is something else. It means he or she for a highly respected person.

Examples (5)

  1. हम इहाँ बानी।

    I am here.

    इहाँ before बानी.

  2. ऊ उहाँ बाड़ी।

    She is there.

    उहाँ before बाड़ी.

  3. इहाँ आईं।

    Please come here.

    इहाँ with a respectful command.

  4. उहाँ मत जा।

    Don't go there.

    उहाँ with a command.

  5. ओहिजा एगो दुकान बा।

    There is a shop there.

    ओहिजा for there.

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इहाँ / उहाँLevel 1Here and There

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इहाँ and उहाँ pair with ई and ऊ.

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Patterns that build on this one.

Words in This Pattern

इहाँएहिजाउहाँओहिजा