जी

Showing Respect with जी

Level 1Sounds Like jī

Add जी after a name or a family word to be respectful.

How It Works

जी is written as a separate word after a name in most cases: मनोज जी, चाचा जी. Close family words such as बाबूजी are written as one word.

Use	Example	Meaning
after a name	मनोज जी	Mr. Manoj
after a family word	चाचा जी	Uncle
polite yes	हँ जी	yes, sir or madam
polite no	ना जी	no, thank you

A person you call जी is a respected person. For a man, use the respectful verb बाड़ें. A woman keeps her usual form बाड़ी, and जी itself shows the respect.

Do not add जी to a child, a younger friend or yourself.

Examples (5)

चाचा जी कहाँ बाड़ें?
Where is Uncle?
चाचा जी takes the respectful verb बाड़ें.
हँ जी, हम आवत बानी।
Yes, I am coming.
हँ जी is a polite yes.
मनोज जी, इहाँ बइठीं।
Manoj ji, please sit here.
जी goes with the polite बइठीं.
ना जी, हमरा चाय ना चाहीं।
No thank you, I do not need tea.
ना जी is a polite no.
सुनीता जी घरे बाड़ी।
Sunita ji is at home.
बाड़ी is the usual form for a woman; जी shows the respect.

Common Mistakes

Using the plain verb with a person called जी.
चाचा जी कहाँ बा?
चाचा जी कहाँ बाड़ें?
A respected man takes बाड़ें.
Using the friend command with a person called जी.
मनोज जी, इहाँ आवऽ।
मनोज जी, इहाँ आईं।
Use the polite command.

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जीLevel 1Showing Respect with जी

Learn This First

जी adds respect after a name or title, so you need the levels of respect.

Three Levels of Respect
जी adds respect after a name or title, as in चाचा जी, so you need to know who gets respect.
Foundations

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