इथे / तिथे

Here and There

Level 1Sounds Like ithē / tithē

इथे and तिथे already name a place, so they need no ending.

How It Works

Use इथे for the place near you and तिथे for the place away from you. They stand in the sentence where a place would stand.

WordMeaningExample
इथेhereसई इथे आहे.
तिथेthereतिथे बस स्टॉप आहे.

They work with आहे, with verbs of living and with requests: मी इथे राहते, इथे बसा.

Written notices and news use येथे and तेथे with the same meaning. Everyday speech uses इथे and तिथे.

Say इथे ये or इथे या to call someone to you. Point and say तिथे पहा to show something that is farther away.

Examples (5)

  1. इथे बसा.

    Sit here.

    इथे says where to sit.

  2. तिथे बस स्टॉप आहे.

    The bus stop is there.

    तिथे says that the place is away from you.

  3. सई इथे आहे.

    Sai is here.

    इथे comes before आहे.

  4. तू तिथे जातोस का?

    Do you go there? This is said to a man or a boy.

    तिथे goes with a verb of going.

  5. मी इथे राहते.

    I live here. A woman is speaking.

    इथे answers कुठे.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi word for here.

    यहाँ बसा.
    इथे बसा.

    Marathi uses इथे.

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इथे / तिथेLevel 1Here and There

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Words in This Pattern

इथेतिथे