یہاں / وہاں

Here and There

Level 1

یہاں points to the place near the speaker. وہاں points to a place farther away or already known.

How It Works

یہاں بیٹھیے invites someone to sit here. The location word has no gender ending.

وہاں ایک دکان ہے says there is a shop at that place. وہاں names the place; it is not required in every sentence that English starts with “there is.”

In وہ وہاں ہے, وہاں refers to a place already understood. The first word refers to the person; the second refers to the place.

Examples (4)

  1. یہاں بیٹھیے

    Please sit here.

    یہاں names the place near the speaker.

  2. وہاں ایک دکان ہے

    There is a shop there.

    وہاں points to the place where the shop is.

  3. وہاں جاؤ

    Go there.

    جاؤ is a familiar instruction; وہاں names the destination.

  4. میں یہاں رہتی ہوں

    I live here.

    یہاں stays unchanged with a feminine speaker.

How It Connects

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یہاں / وہاںLevel 1Here and There

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Words in This Pattern

یہاںوہاں