तू / रउआ

You: Friendly and Respectful

Level 1Sounds Like tū ā ra'u'ā

Say तू to friends and younger family, and रउआ to elders and strangers.

How It Works

Bhojpuri has two everyday words for you.

तूरउआ
Use withfriends, siblings, younger familyelders, strangers, customers
is (place)बाड़ऽ, बाड़ूबानी
goes (habit)जालऽ, जालूजाइले
go! (command)जाजाईं

With तू, the verb shows if the person spoken to is a man or a woman. With रउआ, it does not.

Before a postposition, तू becomes तोहरा and रउआ becomes रउरा. The possessives are तोहार and राउर.

If you are unsure, say रउआ. It never offends. Keep one choice for each pair of speakers, so a child says रउआ to a grandmother, even when she says तू back.

Examples (5)

  1. तू कहाँ जालऽ?

    Where do you go?

    तू with a man's ending.

  2. रउआ कइसन बानी?

    How are you?

    रउआ takes बानी.

  3. नेहा, तू कहाँ जालू?

    Neha, where do you go?

    तू with a woman's ending.

  4. रउआ कहाँ के बानी?

    Where are you from?

    A polite question to a stranger.

  5. तू रोज आवेलऽ?

    Do you come every day?

    तू with a man's ending.

Common Mistakes

  • Giving रउआ a तू ending.

    रउआ कहाँ बाड़ऽ?
    रउआ कहाँ बानी?

    रउआ takes the same verb forms as हम.

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तू / रउआLevel 1You: Friendly and Respectful

Learn This First

तू and रउआ each take their own verb, so learn बाड़ऽ, बाड़ू and बानी first.

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