Plural Pronouns: we, you, they, these, those

In our last lesson we covered singular pronouns, so today we'll cover plural pronouns. The Urdu word for "we" is "ham" (rhymes with "drum").

• Ham kar rahe hain = We are doing

The Urdu words "aap" and "tum", covered in our previous lesson, can actually also be used in plural cases.

• Singular Case: Tum larki ho = You are a girl
• Plural Case: Tum larkian ho = You are girls
  

The same is true for the words "yeh" and "voh". In addition to meaning "he", "she", or "it", these words can also mean "they" (with "yeh" again referring to people or objects closeby, and "voh" again referring to people or objects that are far away).

• Singular Case: Voh aadmi hai = He (far) is a man
• Plural Case: Voh aadmi hain = They (far) are men
  

The word "lohg", meaning "people", is commonly used to emphasize that a pronoun is referring to multiple people.

• Ham lohg kar rahe hain = We people are doing
• Aap lohg Pakistani hain? = Are you people Pakistani?
• Tum lohg larkian ho = You people are girls
• Voh lohg aadmi hain = Those people are men
  

In summary:

• ham = we
• aap = you (plural, formal)
• tum = you (plural, informal)
• yeh = they/these (near)
• voh = they/those (far)
  

The word "lohg", meaning "people", can be used after any plural personal pronoun to emphasize its plurality.