तें / तोर

Very Close Talk: तें

Level 4Sounds Like tēṁ ā tōra

तें is the very close "you" for small children and the closest family.

How It Works

Bhojpuri has three levels of "you". तें is the lowest. A parent or grandparent may use it with a small child, and very close people may use it as a joke. From a stranger it is an insult.

Meaning	Form
you	तें
to you, before a postposition	तोरा
your	तोर

Songs and older speech also use तें, so you will hear it there. A short command to a child is the safest form to recognise: तें खा, तें बइठ.

Do not use तें yourself, even with friends. Say तू, with तोहार for your. Use रउआ with elders.

Examples (5)

तोर नाम का ह?
What is your name?
तोर is "your" before a noun, here asked of a small child.
तें इहाँ बइठ।
You sit here.
The command form of बइठ goes with तें.
तें खाना खा।
You eat your food.
A parent speaks to a small child with तें and the bare command.
तोरा के मिठाई देब।
I will give you sweets.
तोरा is "you" before के.
तोर माई कहाँ बाड़ी?
Where is your mother?
तोर again, in a question to a child.

Common Mistakes

Using तें as an ordinary "you".
तें कहाँ बाड़ऽ, राहुल?
तू कहाँ बाड़ऽ, राहुल?
तें is only for small children and very close family. With a friend, say तू.

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तें / तोरLevel 4Very Close Talk: तें

Learn This First

तें is a third word for you, closer than तू, and तोर sits beside तोहार.

तोहार / राउरYour: तोहार and राउर
तें sits below तू, and तोर sits below तोहार: तोहार नाम का ह?, तोर नाम का ह?
Level 1

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