जवन

Which: जवन

Level 3Sounds Like javana

जवन starts a clause that describes a thing.

How It Works

The clause with जवन names the thing and says what is true of it. The main clause picks it up with ऊ or ओकर.

Form	Use	Example
जवन	thing, no postposition	जवन चाय तू बनवलऽ
जवना	thing before a postposition	जवना दुकान से हम सामान लिहनी

Also: ऊ घर देखनी, जवन नदी के किनारे बा (I saw the house that is by the river). Here the जवन clause comes after the noun.

जवन is mostly for things, and जे mostly for people. Hindi जो is not used.

जवन किताब तू दिहलऽ, ऊ बढ़िया बा।
The book you gave is great.
जवन opens the clause about the book.
जवन चाय तू बनवलऽ, ऊ बहुत नीमन रहे।
The tea you made was very good.
ऊ points back to the tea.
हम ऊ घर देखनी, जवन नदी के किनारे बा।
I saw the house that is by the river.
The जवन clause follows the noun.
जवना दुकान से हम सामान लिहनी, ऊ बंद बा।
The shop I bought from is closed.
जवना takes the postposition से.
जवन गाड़ी साँझ के आवेला, ओह में भीड़ रहेला।
The train that comes in the evening is crowded.
ओह points back to the train.

Using the Hindi जो.
जो किताब तू दिहलऽ, ऊ बढ़िया बा।
जवन किताब तू दिहलऽ, ऊ बढ़िया बा।
Bhojpuri uses जवन for things.

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जवनLevel 3Which: जवन

जवन does for things what जे does for people, and it is the partner of कवन.

जवन

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