Lesson #132: ही hee - Only; Part 2
So last lesson we looked at the Hindi word ही hee, can you remember what we learnt? That’s right, ही hee is used for emphasis and it often translates as “only” or “just”. For example we learnt how to say sentences like…
आमिर ही मस्जिद गया
aamir hee masjid gayaa
- Only Amir went to the mosque
If this seems new or confusing then simply head back to our last lesson and have a little revise through it! Today we’re going to learn a little more about this word ही hee. So are you ready to get straight into it?
Sometimes ही hee “joins” onto words we already know and causes them to change slightly, so let’s learnt these words first and then we’ll see a bunch of examples! So here’s the first group of these words…
मुझ mujh + ही hee gives मुझी mujhee - Just me
हम ham + ही hee gives हमीं hameen - Just us
तुझ tujh + ही hee gives तुझी tujhee - Just you
तुम tum + ही hee gives तुम्हीं tumheen - Just you
यह yeh + ही hee gives यही yahee - Just him / her / it
वह voh + ही hee gives वही vohee - Just him / her / it
इस is + ही hee gives इसी isee - Just him / her / it
उस us + ही hee gives उसी usee - Just him / her / it
इन in + ही hee gives इन्हीं inheen - Just them
उन un + ही hee gives उन्हीं unheen - Just them
As you can see, we’ve translated these as “Just ___”, but often the translation depends more on the context! Let’s see some example sentences then…
यही बिल्ली मेरी है
yehee billee meree hai
- This very cat is mine
Can you see what we’ve done here? Instead of just saying यह बिल्ली yeh billee - this cat, we’ve added our new word ही hee to change the meaning to “this very cat” making the sentence very precise! With me?
हाँ, मैं वही करूँगा
haan, main vohee karoongaa
- Yes, I will do exactly that
In this example we’re using वही vohee to mean “exactly that” - just making the sentence more specific. Can you see? This is a good sentence to know when talking to your work boss!
मैं उसी से प्यार करती हूँ
main usee se pyaar kartee hoon
- I love him (and just him)
Got it? Now here’s the second set of words we can join ही hee to, ready?
अब ab - Now + ही hee gives अभी abhee - Right now
यहाँ yahaan - Here + ही hee gives यहीं yaheen - Right here
वहाँ vahaan - There + ही hee gives वहीं vaheen - Right there
सब sab - All + ही hee gives सभी sabhee - Absolutely all
Ready to see a few example sentences with these? Here goes…
हम यहीं बैठ गए
ham yaheen baith gae
- We sat down right here
अभी आइए abhee aaie
- Please come right now
सभी लोग ख़ुशी होंगे
sabhee log khushee honge
- Absolutely everyone will be happy
Did you follow and understand all those sentences? They shouldn’t be too complicated for you! Don’t forget if you have any questions at all then please feel free to ask in the comments section just below.
As a final word of warning make sure you don’t confused the words यही yahee - “just him” and यहीं yaheen - “right here” or the words वही vohee - “just him” and वहीं voheen - “right there”; they are very similar words, the nasalisation at the end is very important! And, phew that’s it for today - that’s the end of the lesson!
Why not try writing your own Hindi sentences using the words we’ve learnt today - give it a go and write them in the comments section if you want me to check over them to make sure they’re correct!
