This lesson is closely related to Lesson 7. In this lesson, you will learn to say someone else’s name. The second-person possessive pronoun is “Your”.
Hindi has 9 equivalents for “Your”.
For tu, we have तेरा tera, तेरी teree, तेरे tere.
By now you might have guessed that tera is used with masculine singular nouns, teree with feminine singular and plural nouns, and tere with masculine plural nouns.
Next, for tum, we have तुम्हारा tumhaara, तुम्हारी tumhaaree, तुम्हारे tumhaare.
Tumhaara is used with masculine singular nouns, tumhaaree with feminine singular and plural nouns, and tumhaare with masculine plural nouns.
Finally for aap, we have आपका aapkaa, आपकी aapkee, आपके aapke.
Aapka is used with masculine singular nouns, aapkee with feminine singular and plural nouns, and aapke with masculine plural nouns.
Examples:
Your bed – तेरा बिस्तर Tera bistar – We have used tera here as bistar (bed) is masculine in Hindi and bistar is singular.
Your bed – तुम्हारा बिस्तर Tumhaara bistar – We have used tumhaara here as bistar (bed) is masculine in Hindi and bistar is singular.
Your bed – आपका बिस्तर Aapkaa bistar – We have used aapkaa here as bistar (bed) is masculine in Hindi and bistar is singular.
Your dogs – तेरे कुत्ते Tere kutthe – We have used tere here as kuttha (dog) is masculine in Hindi and kutthe is plural.
Your dogs – तुम्हारे कुत्ते Tumhaare kutte – We have used tumhaare here as kuttha (dog) is masculine in Hindi and kutthe is plural.
Your dogs – आपके कुत्ते Aapke kutte – We have used aapke here as kuttha (dog) is masculine in Hindi and kutthe is plural.
Your book – तेरी किताब Teree kitaab – We have used teree here as kitaab (book) is feminine in Hindi and kitaab is singular.
Your book – तुम्हारी किताब Tumhaaree kitaab – We have used tumhaaree here as kitaab (book) is feminine in Hindi and kitaab is singular.
Your book – आपकी किताब Aapkee kitaab – We have used aapkee here as kitaab (book) is feminine in Hindi and kitaab is singular.
Your cats – तेरी बिल्लियाँ Teree billiyaan – We have used teree here as billi (cat) is feminine in Hindi and billiyaan is plural.
Your cats – तुम्हारी बिल्लियाँ Tumhaaree billiyaan – We have used tumhaaree here as billi (cat) is feminine in Hindi and billiyaan is plural.
Your cats – आपकी बिल्लियाँ Aapkee billiyaan – We have used aapkee here as billi (cat) is feminine in Hindi and billiyaan is plural.
All the above does not depend on the gender of the person saying the phrase or the person saying to.
Now, coming to our main topic:
The word “Name” falls under the category of masculine nouns in Hindi and so “Your name” is always any of these three “Tera naam / tumhaara naam / aapkaa naam”.
So,
Your name is Ravi is
Tera naam Ravi hai तेरा नाम रवि है
Tumhaaraa naam Ravi hai तुम्हारा नाम रवि है
Aapkaa naam Ravi hai आपका नाम रवि है
Your name is Harry is
Tera naam Harry hai तेरा नाम हैरी है
Tumhaaraa naam Harry hai तुम्हारा नाम हैरी है
Aapkaa naam Harry hai आपका नाम हैरी है
Your name is Lily is
Tera naam Lily hai तेरा नाम लिलि है
Tumhaaraa naam Lily hai तुम्हारा नाम लिलि है
Aapkaa naam Lily hai आपका नाम लिलि है
Your name is Rashmi is
Tera naam Rashmi hai तेरा नाम रश्मि है
Tumhaaraa naam Rashmi hai तुम्हारा नाम रश्मि है
Aapkaa naam Rashmi hai आपका नाम रश्मि है
It is advisable to use aapkaa on everyone as it is a way of addressing someone with respect. You can use hai or hain with aapka naam.