ओकर / एकर / उनकर

His, Her and Their

Level 1Sounds Like ōkara, ēkara ā unakara

ओकर and एकर mean his or her, and उनकर is the respectful form.

How It Works

These are the possessives for the third person: his, her and its.

	Far	Near
plain	ओकर	एकर
respectful	उनकर	इनकर

The word before the noun is the same for a man and a woman. Say ओकर बहिन for his sister or her sister, and ओकर भाई for his brother or her brother.

Before a postposition, ओकर becomes ओकरा: ओकरा घर में. उनकर and इनकर become उनका and इनका: उनका घर में.

Use उनकर for a teacher, parent or elder: उनकर घर पटना में बा. For a close friend or a child, ओकर is fine.

ओकर बहिन स्कूल जाली।
His sister goes to school.
ओकर for a person far away.
एकर नाम का ह?
What is this one's name?
एकर for someone near.
उनकर घर पटना में बा।
His house is in Patna.
उनकर shows respect.
इनकर बेटा डॉक्टर ह।
This person's son is a doctor.
इनकर for a respected person near.
ओकरा घर में चाय नइखे।
There is no tea in his house.
ओकर becomes ओकरा before में.

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ओकर / एकर / उनकरLevel 1His, Her and Their

ओकर and एकर come from ऊ and ई, and उनकर is their respectful form, used like तोहार and राउर.

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ओकरएकर

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