तुम्हारा / आपका

Your

Level 1Sounds Like tumhārā aura āpakā

आपका is the polite your and तुम्हारा is the friendly your.

How It Works

Hindi has three words for your, one for each word for you.

Youmasculine, onefemininemasculine, more than one
आपआपकाआपकीआपके
तुमतुम्हारातुम्हारीतुम्हारे
तूतेरातेरीतेरे

Choose the word that matches how you address the person. If you call someone आप, say आपका. If you call them तुम, say तुम्हारा. Keep to one in the same conversation.

Then choose the ending from the thing owned: आपका नाम, आपकी किताब, आपके दोस्त. The owner's gender does not matter: आपकी किताब works for a man and for a woman.

Before a postposition, the masculine singular forms become आपके and तुम्हारे: आपके घर में (in your house).

तेरा goes with तू. It sounds very close or very rude, so use it only where तू fits.

Examples (5)

  1. आपका नाम क्या है?

    What is your name?

    आपका matches masculine नाम.

  2. आपकी किताब नई है।

    Your book is new.

    आपकी matches feminine किताब.

  3. तुम्हारा कमरा साफ़ है।

    Your room is clean.

    Friendly तुम्हारा with masculine कमरा.

  4. तुम्हारे दोस्त यहाँ हैं।

    Your friends are here.

    तुम्हारे matches masculine plural दोस्त.

  5. आपके बच्चे कितने साल के हैं?

    How old are your children?

    आपके matches masculine plural बच्चे.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving आपका unchanged before a feminine noun.

    आपका किताब बहुत अच्छी है।
    आपकी किताब बहुत अच्छी है।

    किताब is feminine, so your is आपकी.

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तुम्हारा / आपकाLevel 1Your

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तुमआपका