What is the difference between: 'Tum' , 'Tu' , 'Aap' ?

Posted on March 12th, 2010 by mike
  • All have same English meaning but Aap is respectful means of calling anyone, Tu is addressing youngers or friends and Tum is in betwwen the two


  • thum - is used for persons of equal status (perhaps age)

    TU - is used for younger ones, parents use for children. sometimes it isused to call God also. when we take that much right with him

    AAP - is plural for thum, thu. we use it for elders, and even if youngers if they are in many no i.e. in plural

    is it clear?


  • Tum = u can say this to same age frnz
    Tu = it s for younger 2 u
    Aap = it s 4 elders 2 u


  • basically tum and app are a repected way of sayin YOU
    youll probly use those frases when you talkin 2 your scollers or teachers tu wich also means YOU,YOULL prob say that when your talking to your friends or little brother


  • English has got only one equivalent 'you'.
    'TU' = you-- when the second person is considered lesser in age/ status. Also used between equals when there is utmost familiarity/friendship/intimacy .
    "TUM" =you-- used in a slightly better fashion than 'tu', but pronouncedly singular and reflecting the higher age/status of the speaker.
    "AAP" =you. There are two usages. (1) Respectfully addressing a singular person. (2) As a second person plural pronoun.
    There is another usage of 'aap' meaning 'self'. It can be the equivalent of the English word 'auto'. From this emerges 'apnaa' = my own. In Mumbai, dialect form it changes to 'apan' meaning 'main'=I.
    There is yet another usage for 'aap'. It is in literary circles. Even while meaning 'he' in reference, after the person spoke about is identified by proper name, a respectful pronoun as 'aap' follows in subsequent references, in a formalised respectful manner.
    Autobiography ='aap beeti' in Hindi literally meaning 'what the self has experienced'


  • theoretically speaking all these have same meaning.but there is big difference in their using sense-'Tum' is used for ''someone very close'',
    'Tu' for "god-the supreme power" and 'Aap' for "general person"







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