दुनू / तीनू / चारू

Both, All Three and All Four

Level 2Sounds Like dunū, tīnū ā cārū

दुनू, तीनू and चारू mean both, all three and all four.

How It Works

WordMeaningExample
दुनूbothदुनू बहिन
तीनूall threeतीनू भाइ
चारूall fourचारू गोटे

They can stand alone: हम दुनू चाह पिबैत छी (Both of us drink tea). Or they can go before the people-counter गोटे: चारू गोटे घर गेलाह.

Compare with the plain count: दूटा किताब means two books, while दुनू किताब means both of the books we mean.

Hindi writes दोनों. Maithili writes दुनू, and the family has the same ending: दुनू, तीनू, चारू.

Examples (5)

  1. दुनू बहिन एतय छथि।

    Both sisters are here.

    दुनू goes before बहिन.

  2. तीनू भाइ स्कूल जाइत अछि।

    All three brothers go to school.

    तीनू groups three.

  3. चारू गोटे घर गेलाह।

    All four of them went home.

    चारू pairs with गोटे.

  4. हम दुनू चाह पिबैत छी।

    Both of us drink tea.

    दुनू stands alone.

  5. ओ दुनू एतय अछि।

    Those two are here.

    दुनू refers to two people we know.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi word.

    दोनों बहिन एतय छथि।
    दुनू बहिन एतय छथि।

    दोनों is Hindi. Maithili writes दुनू.

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दुनू / तीनू / चारूLevel 2Both, All Three and All Four

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These group words come from the counting numbers.

Words in This Pattern

दुनूतीनूचारूगोटे