हमर नाम ... अछि

Saying Your Name

Level 1Sounds Like hamara nāma ... achi

Say your name with हमर नाम ... अछि, and ask with अहाँक नाम की अछि?

How It Works

To say your name, use हमर (my) and नाम, then the name, then अछि.

MaithiliMeaning
हमर नाम सीता अछि।My name is Sita.
अहाँक नाम की अछि?What is your name?
ओकर नाम मुन्नी अछि।Her name is Munni.

अछि is used for every person here, because the verb agrees with नाम, not with the person. That is why you do not need छी or छथि.

Careful speech and writing also use थिक for a name: हमर नाम प्रिया थिक. अछि is correct in the same sentences, and most people say अछि in everyday talk.

To ask about someone you respect, use हुनक: हुनक नाम की अछि?

Do not use the Hindi मेरा नाम. Maithili possessives never change: हमर नाम, हमर भाइक नाम.

Examples (5)

  1. हमर नाम सीता अछि।

    My name is Sita.

    हमर नाम is followed by the name and अछि.

  2. अहाँक नाम की अछि?

    What is your name?

    की stands where the name will go.

  3. हमर नाम प्रिया थिक।

    My name is Priya.

    थिक is the careful alternative to अछि.

  4. ओकर नाम मुन्नी अछि।

    Her name is Munni.

    ओकर is his or her for a child.

  5. हुनक नाम अमित अछि।

    His name is Amit.

    हुनक is for someone you respect.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi मेरा नाम.

    मेरा नाम सीता अछि।
    हमर नाम सीता अछि।

    Maithili says हमर, and it never changes.

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हमर नाम ... अछिLevel 1Saying Your Name

Learn This First

Giving and asking a name joins a possessive to a sentence ending in अछि, so हमर and the question word की come first.

Words in This Pattern

हमरअहाँकओकरअछिथिकनामकी