توهان ڪٿي آهيو؟
tawhan kithe ahyo?
To say "where are you?" in Sindhi, use توهان ڪٿي آهيو؟ (tawhan kithe ahyo?).
This phrase is used to ask about a person's current location.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase توهان ڪٿي آهيو؟ is composed of tawhan (you), kithe (where) and ahyo (are).
How does it change in a sentence?
The polite form uses the plural/formal pronoun, while the informal form تون ڪٿي آهين? is used for singular, close or younger subjects.
How do you pronounce it?
tawhan kithe ahyo?
Did you know?
- Sindhi is one of the few languages that uses an Arabic-based script but maintains a distinct phonetic structure inherited from the Indo-Aryan family, making the word ڪٿي a distant relative of the English word 'where' via an ancient common ancestor.
- Depending on the region, Sindhi speakers may use two different scripts for the same phrase: the Arabic-based script used in Pakistan and the Devanagari script used by some communities in India.
- Using the informal تون ڪٿي آهين? (tun kithe ahin?) with an elder is a linguistic tightrope that can signal either profound closeness or extreme disrespect.
Examples in context
- توهان ڪٿي آهيو؟tuhān kithē āhyō?Where are you?
- مونکي ٻڌايو ته توهان ڪٿي آهيو؟mūñkhē badhāyō ta tuhān kithē āhyō?Tell me, where are you?
Example conversation
Salman is calling Fauzia to find her in a crowded market.
- سلمان Salmanفوزيه، توهان ڪٿي آهيو؟Fauzia, tuhan kithay ahyo?Fauzia, where are you?
- فوزیہ Fauziaمان دڪان جي ٻاهر آهيان.Ma dukan je bahir ahyan.I am outside the shop.
- سلمان Salmanڇا توهان کي مان نظر اچيان ٿو؟Cha tuhan khe ma nazar achyan tho?Can you see me?
- فوزیہ Fauziaها، مان توهان کي ڏسي رهي آهيان.Ha, ma tuhan khe desi rahi ahyan.Yes, I am seeing you.
