دونوں / تینوں

Both or All of a Number

Level 2

Identify the complete small set.

How It Works

The set is usually identifiable in the conversation. With ہم, ہم دونوں means the two of us and ہم تینوں means all three of us.

The numeral form does not change for feminine nouns: دونوں کھڑکیاں and تینوں کتابیں. The noun and verb still follow their ordinary agreement.

Before a postposition, the following noun can be oblique: دونوں کمروں میں. Keep the distinction between the number expression and the noun’s case ending.

Examples (4)

  1. دونوں کھڑکیاں کھلی ہیں۔

    Both windows are open.

    The whole set has two members.

  2. تینوں کتابیں میز پر ہیں۔

    All three books are on the table.

    تینوں includes each of the three books.

  3. ہم دونوں تیار ہیں۔

    Both of us are ready.

    The speaker belongs to a two-person set.

  4. دونوں کمروں میں روشنی ہے۔

    There is light in both rooms.

    کمروں is oblique plural before میں.

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دونوں / تینوںLevel 2Both or All of a Number

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