tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310378244434037132.post5913167892125489586..comments2023-10-30T07:26:21.074-07:00Comments on मैं प्रताप हूँ Main Pratap Hoon: Oh, those pesky pronounsBeth Loves Bollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310378244434037132.post-49454838467352907382007-09-10T07:24:00.000-07:002007-09-10T07:24:00.000-07:00hi there,'hum' can be used to denote the first-per...hi there,<BR/><BR/>'hum' can be used to denote the first-person singular too, although technically it is the plural. it does have a sort of very particular flavour though ... it's hard to summarize, but it's more commonly done by native urdu speakers, so often using 'hum' in the singular is considered a little ... pretentious, as if you're trying to demonstrate that you speak urdu, which is for most north indians considered somewhat more sophisticated than plai-vanilla hindi. it's sort of like if you kept saying 'we are not amused' in english, like the old queen. i feel like for a man, it comes across as slightly pompous, and for a woman, as slightly precious. but i know plenty of people who do it. it can also be done in a slightly wink-wink kind of way .. like 'hey, i know this sounds pretentious, but...' so i don't know about snell, but as a native hindi speaker my gloss on it is exactly the opposite of what carla above says.Saugato Dattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159453953186081743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310378244434037132.post-65155228297812515792007-07-31T22:22:00.000-07:002007-07-31T22:22:00.000-07:00Hi Beth and Maja, hallo Katrin,I found your blog w...Hi Beth and Maja, hallo Katrin,<BR/><BR/>I found your blog when looking for a translation of the song ek ladki ko dekha..(1942).<BR/>We started a Hindi podcast for Hindi beginners (I'm one myself pretty much, but I have friends and colleagues and an old Snell.) Check it out if you like and feel free to comment:<BR/>www.learnhindipodcast.com<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/>TinaThe Learn Hindi Podcasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167288968067556984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310378244434037132.post-13128943046606782482007-07-27T04:57:00.000-07:002007-07-27T04:57:00.000-07:00Hi Carla! I might've missed a mention of this in m...Hi Carla! I might've missed a mention of this in my book, or maybe it's explained further on somewhere. In any case, thanks for clearing it up for me :)Majahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612706096369112723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310378244434037132.post-9481119844961900162007-07-26T18:54:00.000-07:002007-07-26T18:54:00.000-07:00Hi Maja, It's common in certain dialects that "hu...Hi Maja, <BR/><BR/>It's common in certain dialects that "hum" is used to mean I - there's nothing more to it than that. I'm pretty sure that Snell mentions this somewhere. Such speakers might use "hum log" for "we" when the distinction isn't otherwise clear from context. <BR/><BR/>This usage is not entirely analogous to the "royal we" in English, because that is interpreted as pompous and self-important, whereas I have heard Hindi speakers say that people who use "hum" feel that it is humbling and less egotistical to refer to themselves in this way. Frankly I'm not sure that there's that much thought in it, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com