घर जाओ
ghar jāoinformal
Go home in Hindi is घर जाओ (ghar jāo) for friends and घर जाइए (ghar jāie) for elders. To say "let us go home" use घर चलो (ghar calo).
Meaning: tell someone to go to their house (phrase)
Ways to say it
| Indian | Romanization | Note |
|---|---|---|
| घर जाओ | ghar jāo | informal |
| घर जाइए | ghar jāie | polite |
| घर चलो | ghar calo | let us go home |
The kind of speaker matters here. A parent might say घर जाओ to a child, while a colleague says घर जाइए to be polite, as in अब आप घर जाइए (ab āp ghar jāie), "you can go home now".
Did you know?
- The word घर (ghar) is doubled in घर-घर (ghar-ghar), meaning "every house".
Examples in context
- बहुत देर हो गई, घर जाओ।bahut der ho gaī, ghar jāo.It is very late, go home.
- चलिए, अब घर चलते हैं।calie, ab ghar calte haiṃ.Come on, let us go home now.
Example conversation
Two colleagues, Mira and Sunil, finish work late.
- Miraसुनील, बहुत देर हो गई।sunīl, bahut der ho gaī.Sunil, it is very late.
- Sunilहाँ, अब आप घर जाइए।hāṁ, ab āp ghar jāie.Yes, you should go home now.
- Miraआप भी जल्दी जाना।āp bhī jaldī jānā.You go soon too.
