छह With तोँ

Being with तोँ: छह

Level 2Sounds Like chaha (tōm̐)

छह is the present of to be for तोँ, the close you.

How It Works

Maithili has three levels of "you". अहाँ is the everyday polite you. अपने is very formal. तोँ is the close, warm you for people you know well and who are not above you.

Time	Positive	Negative
present	तोँ छह	तोँ नहि छह
past	तोँ छलह	तोँ नहि छलह

Other verbs with तोँ also end in -ह: तोँ करबह (you will do), तोँ पढ़लह (you read). So छह is part of a whole set of तोँ endings.

The word छह also looks like the number six. Maithili writes six as छओ, so the two never mix. A rougher form in -एँ exists in some places, but do not use it.

Examples (5)

तोँ कोना छह?
How are you, buddy?
छह goes with तोँ.
तोँ कतय छह?
Where are you?
The question word comes before छह.
तोँ आइ बड्ड थाकल छह।
You are very tired today.
बड्ड makes the tiredness stronger.
तोँ हमर संगी छह।
You are my friend.
This is warm talk between friends.
तोँ काल्हि कतय छलह?
Where were you yesterday?
छलह is the past of छह.

Common Mistakes

Using छह with the polite you.
अहाँ कोना छह?
अहाँ कोना छी?
अहाँ always takes छी. छह belongs only to तोँ.

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छह With तोँLevel 2Being with तोँ: छह

Learn This First

छह fills the one gap in the present of to be, the form used with तोँ.

छी / छथि / अछिBeing in the Present
Know that अहाँ takes छी, because तोँ takes छह instead: तोँ कोना छह?
Level 1

Words in This Pattern

छहछलह

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