Gujarati Quick Learner – 04: Plural Personal Pronouns in Gujarati

In our last Quick Learner, we saw the Gujarati words for the singular personal pronouns “I”, “you”, “he” and “she”.

Today, we’ll continue with personal pronouns, but this time we’ll be looking at the PLURAL personal pronouns in Gujarati.

“Wait, I think I’ve kind of forgotten the singular pronouns in Gujarati and now Dilshan’s already starting on plurals?!!”

Don’t worry, friend-o…

I got you a little summary that’ll catch you up to speed in less than a minute.

See below:

Let’s start on the plurals now:

Personal Pronouns (Plural)

1st Person: “We”

Here’s the deal:

• In English, the 1st-person plural pronoun is “we” (when we’re referring to a group of people that includes ourselves)
• Furthermore, in English, we use the same word “we” regardless if that group we’re referring to consists of only males, females, or males & females (i.e. We don’t make a distinction based on gender).
• We also don’t make a distinction based on if the group we’re referring to is formal or informal.

And guess what?

• This is the same in Gujarati…

Yay!!!

See below:

My Random Notes:

¹ “we” will always be ‘ȧ∙mé’ regardless if the group saying it is male, female, or a mixed group of both males & females

See how the 6 sample phrases below are identical to one another:

Sample Phrases:

1) When it’s a group of males

2) When it’s a group of females

3) When it’s a mixed group of males & females

My Random Notes:

² ‘chᴴi∙é’ = “are” in this context. So, the phrase literally reads “We Gujarati are” (in that order).

(Don’t worry, one of my upcoming posts will introduce ‘chᴴi∙é’ to you.)

2nd Person: “You” (to a group)

Here’s the deal:

• In English, the 2nd-person plural pronoun is “you” (when we’re speaking to a group of people)
• Furthermore, in English, we use the same word “you” when we’re speaking to a group of males, females, or males & females (i.e. We don’t make a distinction based on gender).
• We also don’t make a distinction based on if the people we’re speaking to are formal or informal.

And guess what?

• This is the same in Gujarati…

Yay!!!

See below:

My Random Notes:

³ Let me spell it out for you:

We use the same word ‘thȧ∙mé’ regardless if the group is formal, informal, male, or female. Basically to any group of people.

See how the 6 sample phrases below are identical to one another:

Sample Phrases:

1) When speaking to a group of males

2) When speaking to a group of females

3) When speaking to a mixed group of males & females

My Random Notes:

⁴ In the 6 sentences above, we use the same word ‘chᴴo’ which means “are” in this context.

(Don’t fret, soon I will introduce ‘chᴴo’ to you in a separate post.)

3rd Person: “They”

Here’s the deal:

• In English, the 3rd-person plural pronoun is “they” (when we’re speaking about a group of people)
• Furthermore, in English, we use the same word “they” when we’re speaking about a group of males, female, or males & females (i.e. We don’t make a distinction based on gender).
• We also don’t make a distinction based on if the people we’re speaking about are formal or informal.

And guess what?

• This is the same in Gujarati…

Yay!!!

See below:

My Random Notes:

⁵ Let me spell it out for you again:

We use the same word ‘thḗ∙o’ regardless if the group is formal, informal, male, or female. Basically to any group of people.

See how the 6 sample phrases below are identical to one another:

Sample Phrases:

1) When referring to a group of males

2) When referring to a group of females

3) When referring to a mixed group of males & females

My Random Notes:

⁶ In the 6 sentences above, we use the same word ‘chᴴé’ which means “are” in this context.

(And for the last time, rest assured, I will introduce ‘chᴴé’ to you soon.)

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