im a confused ABCD lol…i dont get what the difference is…when should aap be used and when should tum be used???
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aap shud be used wiv elders or people you wana pay respect to or may be to a stranger or a person you dont meet much or may b aap is mostly more respectable..I wont just say aap is only for people older tha you, cus my godmum calls me aap, so its more respectable..
Tum...much more to be used wiv people of your own age group or younger or people who you quite friendly wiv..u can use aap instead of tum but u cant use tum where aap is used for example u can t call ur parents tum..but u can call ur kids aap, do u get..
o gosh just cant believe I wrote..hope its helps Fairywing85
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thanks shani...i understand what u mean....so like u can call everyone aap if u wanted to but u cant call someone older tum? yea?
well thats what i thought but my mum said its rude to call someone tum...older or younger...so im even more confused..i call my fiance aap..but then...should i call him tum..or aap...
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Yes sometimes it can be rude to use tum if you do not know the person. Aap is the more polite version thus it is used for elders and strangers etc.
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thanks uzzybuzzy
oooh right..i said tum to my lil brother and my mum was like u should never say tum...they use it in bolllywood films all the time....is that cos its hindi or just because thats how they do it?
During my childhood, my mother wanted us to talk more Urdu than Pahari. Whenever we had to talk to people using the word 'aap', we always tried not to laugh, because 'aap' is the word for 'monkey' in Dutch.
(thinking about the Pakistani word 'apa' used for sister, that would be funny for any child growing up in Holland, a reminder of 'aap', the 'monkey' word)
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hahahahaha thats funnnny ^
Just call everyone "aap", even those younger than you.
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thanks moonshiner...willl do hehe
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fairy wings if u are in UK aren't you a BBCD?
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pick one
1) aap baraye meherbani guftagu say parhaiz farmaiye
2) tum chup raho
3) tu bakbak na kar
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welll not technically...i was born in america...sooo...im an ABCD lol...
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oh crap, you are my reverse, a yank living in UK..
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hahaha..im soo jealous right now!
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well it depends really, i can see a newyorker or la native not being too happy in London, but when ppl from backwater places liek dubuque, iowa complain..well then i just chuckle :)
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from chicago...lol...it okkk in london but homes home right?
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i dont like when someone calls me tum...... not even any elders...
i was brought up in a home where everyone called everyone 'app'
i dont use 'tum' it sounds really rude.....
even my husband talk to me like this 'app wait kejiya ga' i dont use this kijiya ga.... but i do use 'ap esa karain'
from chicago...lol...it okkk in london but homes home right?
whoa...and I am a londoner living in chicago now...whoa.
home is home, but i think of chitown almost as much as home as london
but yeah there is a soft corner tht no other place can ever take