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If the Third Person Pronoun is pronounced as it is spelled VAHA, is it wrong?

English translation: it is right

18:29 Dec 2, 2008
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Hindi term or phrase: If the Third Person Pronoun is pronounced as it is spelled VAHA, is it wrong?
Generally, Indians pronounce this third person pronoun as vo, woh, vehe, but it is spelled VAHA. would it be incorrect if someone pronounced it as spelled, VAHA?

my non-indian friends ask me and i do not know the answer.
gita
English translation:it is right
Explanation:
the hindi pronoun 'vaha' can be pronounced as it is written.
in fact that ought to be the right pronunciation. that word is pronounced as vo, voh or vehe as per convenience.
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Alka Kumar
Local time: 14:13
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Woh
keshab
4 +4it is right
Alka Kumar


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Woh


Explanation:
'Vaha' does not represent Hindi Third Person Pronoun correctly because the last part -ha is not pronounced so clearly. So in mu opinion "Woh" will stand more accurately for वह.

keshab
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in BengaliBengali

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sushan Harshe
1 hr
  -> thank you
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: in any case the last "a" is generally not pronounced in Hindi
1 hr
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agree  C.M. Rawal: Wo or Woh are simply colloquial usages in Hindi for vaha like ya, yah or yup etc. are in English for yes. These colloquial usages, though prevalent, don't change the standard language.
6 hrs
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agree  chaman4723: Standard Hindi as spoken by scholars, writers and above all the government media, pronunc it as vaha. But the people of different regions pronounce it differently, so vah, woh, wo etc are used
9 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
it is right


Explanation:
the hindi pronoun 'vaha' can be pronounced as it is written.
in fact that ought to be the right pronunciation. that word is pronounced as vo, voh or vehe as per convenience.

Example sentence(s):
  • 'vaha' ek nirdhan kisan tha
Alka Kumar
Local time: 14:13
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Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sushan Harshe
1 hr
  -> thank you Sushanji
agree  C.M. Rawal
6 hrs
  -> thank you Rawal ji
agree  Lalit Sati: VAH is right. VAH (he, she, that), VE (they), VO ("as per convenience" for VAH)
9 hrs
  -> thank you Lalitji
agree  chaman4723: Standard Hindi as spoken by scholars, writers and above all the government media, approves this very pronunciation. But the people of different regions pronounce it differently
9 hrs
  -> thank you chaman ji
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