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Unit 05 of the Bol Marathi curriculum

Full pronoun paradigm plus kinship words. Six lessons: vocabulary, bridges, speaking, grammar and culture.

6 lessons · Pronoun Expansion

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सर्वनाव व व्यक्ती • Pronouns & People · सर्वनाव विस्तार • Pronoun Expansion

Unit 05

Marathi Pronouns & People: I, You, He, She Explained

Full pronoun paradigm plus kinship words.

  • 6 lessons
  • 6 speaking lessons
  • 6 Hindi→Marathi bridges
  • 6 grammar notes
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What you will learn

विविध संदर्भात सर्वनाव वापरणे शिकवा.

  • Use pronouns correctly · सर्वनाव correct वापरा
  • Choose pronouns by context · सामाजिक संदर्भनुसार सर्वनाव
  • Understand kinship · नातेवाईक वातावरण समज

Speaking practice sentences

Lesson 1

आम्ही मित्र आहोत.
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हम मित्र हैं।
We are friends.

Lesson 2

ही माझी बहीण आहे.
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यह मेरी बहन है।
This is my sister.

Lesson 3

कोण आला आहे?
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कौन आया है?
Who has come?

Lesson 4

मी स्वतः तयार केलं.
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मैंने खुद तैयार किया।
I prepared it myself.

Lesson 5

राव, कसे आहात? कृपया बस्या.
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राव, कैसे हैं? कृपया बैठिए।
Rao, how are you? Please sit.

Lesson 6

माझं मामा पुणेत राहातात.
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मेरे मामा पुणे में रहते हैं।
My maternal uncle lives in Pune.

Practice

Try saying it

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आम्ही मित्र आहोत.

Hindi → Marathi bridges

  • हम आप वह वे → आम्ही तुम्ही तो ते — आम्ही vs आपण.
  • यह वह ये वे → हा तो हे ते — Gender agreement.
  • कौन क्या कहाँ → कोण काय कुठे — कोणाचा = whose.
  • खुद एक-दूसरे → स्वतः आपण — स्वतः = self.
  • श्रीमान श्रीमती दीदी → राव बाई ताई — राव = respect.
  • चाचा मामा मौसी → काका मामा मावशी — Distinct kinship terms.

Grammar notes

Pronoun Paradigm

मी, आम्ही, आपण, तू, तुम्ही, तो, ती, ते.

Pronouns: mī (I), āmhi (we, exclusive), āpaṇ (we, inclusive/formal), tū (you, informal), tumhī (you, plural/polite), to (he), tī (she), te (they).

Demonstratives

हा/ही/हे (this), तो/ती/ते (that), ते/त्या (those).

hā/hī/he = this; to/tī/te = that; te/tyā = those. The demonstrative agrees with the gender of the noun.

Interrogatives

कोण, काय, कुठे, कधी, कसे, किती, कोणतं.

Interrogatives: koṇ (who), kāy (what), kuthe (where), kadhi (when), kase (how), kitī (how much), koṇatē (which one).

Reflexive

स्वतः = self. मी स्वतः केलं.

svataḥ means self. Mī svataḥ kelē = I did it myself - it stresses that the doer acted alone.

Honorifics

तुम्ही, आपण, राव, साहब, बाई, ताई, दादा.

Honorifics: tumhī (polite you), āpaṇ (formal we/you), rāv and sāheb (sir), bāī and tāī (madam / elder sister), dādā (elder brother).

Kinship Terms

काका, दादा, मामा, आत्याचे पती, मावशी, आत्या.

Kinship: kākā (uncle), dādā (elder brother), māmā (maternal uncle), māvshī (maternal aunt), ātyā (paternal aunt). An aunt's husband is ātyāche pattī - the Hindi phūphā.

Culture notes

  • Puneri Rao — राव is universal respectful address in Pune.
  • Tai / Dada — ताई, दादा - respectful elder address.
  • Mama-Mavshi — Maternal uncle and aunt have special status.
  • Sibling Bond — Bhaubeej is a special Maharashtra festival.
  • In-laws — In-law kinship is precise: sas (mother-in-law), sasur (father-in-law), sun (daughter-in-law), ja (co-sister-in-law), nanand (husband's sister), shiran (a formal visit to the in-laws).
  • Guru-Shishya — Guru-shishya tradition. Guru Purnima.

How to practice this unit

Read each Marathi sentence aloud, check it against the Hindi, then cover the Marathi and recall it from the English. In the app the same unit adds listening quizzes, speaking checks, sentence building and review before you forget.

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