केहू / कुछ / कवनो

Someone, Something and Any

Level 2Sounds Like kēhū, kucha ā kavanō

केहू is someone, कुछ is something and कवनो is any.

How It Works

Each word fits one kind of thing.

WordMeaningExample
केहूsomeone, anyoneदुआर पर केहू बा?
कुछ (कुछु)something, anythingहमरा कुछ पूछे के बा।
कवनोany, whicheverकवनो किताब दे दीं।

With a postposition, केहू becomes केहू से, केहू के: केहू से मत कहऽ. कुछ and कवनो do not change. In a question or a command these words often mean any; in a plain statement they usually mean some: हमरा कुछ चाहीं (I want something).

Put ना next to them to turn them into nobody and nothing. That pattern has its own entry.

Examples (5)

  1. घर में केहू बा?

    Is anyone at home?

    केहू asks about any person.

  2. हमरा कुछ पूछे के बा।

    I have something to ask.

    कुछ stands for the thing asked.

  3. तोहरा लगे कवनो पेन बा?

    Do you have any pen?

    कवनो comes before the noun पेन.

  4. केहू से मत कहऽ।

    Don't tell anyone.

    केहू से takes the postposition से.

  5. तनी कुछ खा लऽ।

    Eat something.

    कुछ is the thing eaten.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi word कोई for someone.

    घर में कोई बा?
    घर में केहू बा?

    Bhojpuri says केहू, not कोई.

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केहू / कुछ / कवनोLevel 2Someone, Something and Any

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केहू grows from question के and कवनो from question कवन.

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