Spoken Hindi

Mera, Meri, Mere

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Gender
Masculine / Pulling/

adhyapak(Male teacher)

bhai(brother)

dada(grandfather)
pita(father)

sher(Lion)

chuha(rat)

naukar(servant)
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bandar(monkey)

Feminine/ Striling /

adhyapika

dadi

Sherni

naukarani

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bahan

mata

chuhiya

bandariya

Masculine

Feminine

adhyapak

adhyapika

chatra (male student)

chatraa (female student)

bhai (brother)

bahan (sister)

ladka

ladki

pita

maa

aadmi (man)

aurat (woman)

chacha (uncle)

chachi (chichi)

nana (grandfather)

nani (grandmother)

Sher (lion)

Sherni (lioness)

naukar (male servant)

naukarani (female
servant/helper)
bandariya (female monkey)

bandar (male monkey)

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Mera/Mere/Meri
My mine
Mera

Mere

Mere

Meri

Singular
Boy/masculine

Plural masculine

Singular
Men whom we
respect

Singular and
plural
ladies/girls

Mere dost
Mere pitaji
Mera
bhai

Meri bahan

Meri bahane

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Singular
Masculine

Feminine

mere adhyapak ji

meri adhyapika ji

not
Mera adhyapak
Mere is used instead of
mera when giving

Meri is used when giving

respect to women or
informally.

respect

We do not use mere

mera chatra (male student)

mera ladka

meri chatraa (female

student)
meri ladki

mera bhai

meri bahan

mere pita ji (respect,

meri mata ji

adhyapika ji

therefore mere)
mere dada ji (respect,

meri dadi ji

therefore mere)
mere chacha ji (respect,

meri chachi ji

therefore mere)
mere nana ji (respect,

meri nani ji

therefore mere)

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Plural
More than one
Masculine
Mere

Feminine
Meri

Mere dost
Mere kutte
Mere bhai
Mere ladke

Meri saheliyaan
Meri billiyaan
Meri bahane
Meri ladkiyaan

When we use mere dost,

mere bhai , we should
understand that we are
talking about more than one
person

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Mera : masculine singular: My mine

Mera dost (friend)

Mera bhaee (brother)

Mera kamra (room)

Mera parivaar (family)

Mera ghar
(home/house)

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Mere : masculine plural: My mine

Mere dost (friends)
Plural of dost is
dost
Mere bhaee
(brothers)
Plural of bhaee is
bhaee
Mere kamre (rooms)
Mere baste (basta is
school bag: baste is
school bags)
Mere ghar
(homes/houses)
Plural of ghar is
ghar.

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Mere : masculine plural: My mine

Ye Mere dost
(friends) hein.
Ye Mere bhaee
(brothers) hein.
Ye Mere kamre
(rooms) hein.
Ye Mere baste hein.
Ye Mere ghar hein.

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Mere : masculine plural: My mine

Men/Man whom we respect and our elders.
Mere pitaji
Mere dadaji
(dadaji fathers
father)
Mere adhyapak

Mere chachaji
(Chachaji: fathers
younger brother)
Mere nanaji
(nanaji: mothers
father)

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Ye Mere pitaji hein.

Ye Mere dadaji hein.
(dadaji fathers
father)
Ye Mere adhyapak
hein.

Ye Mere chachaji
hein.
(Chachaji: fathers
younger brother)
Ye Mere nanaji hein.
(nanaji: mothers
father)

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Meri : feminine singular: My mine

Meri bahan (sister)

Meri kitaab (book)

Meri gaadi (car)

Meri kameez (shirt)

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Yah Meri bahan hai

Yah Meri kitaab hai.

Yah Meri gaadi hai.

Yah Meri kameez hai.

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Meri : feminine singular: My mine

Meri mataji

Meri adhyapika ji

Meri naniji (mothers

mother)

Meri dadiji (fathers

mother)

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Meri : feminine singular: My mine

Ye Meri mataji hein.

Ye Meri adhyapika ji
hein.

Ye Meri naniji hein

(mothers mother)

Ye Meri dadiji hein.

(fathers mother)

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Correct the sentences

Incorrect: mera papa ghar aa gaya.

Correct: Mere papa ghar aa gaye.
Logic: Mere because we respect papa/pitaji

Incorrect:Mera nana kitaab laya

Correct:
Logic:

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 Incorrect:Mera mummy khilona laya

Correct:

Incorrect:Mera saheli accha hai.

Correct:
Logic:

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 Incorrect:Mera mausi India mein hai.

Correct:
Logic:

Incorrect:Mere papa Raffle City mein kaam karta hai.

Correct:
Logic:

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Match the following

Remember with respect for men is

Mere

Remember with respect for women in

and

Meri

hein

and

hein

mata ji
Mera

adhyapika ji
pita ji
nana ji

Mere

hai
accha

adhyapak ji
bhai

acchi

hein

nani ji
Meri

saheli

acche

dada ji

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