Demonstrative Pronouns: dieser, diese, dieses
संकेतवाचक सर्वनाम: dieser, diese, dieses
Words for "this/that" change form exactly like the der/die/das from the last lesson — know the definite-article table, and this lesson comes almost for free.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
dieser is a 'der-word' — it changes exactly like der/die/das
dieser Mann (this man, masc.) / diese Frau (this woman, fem.) / dieses Kind (this child, neut.)
यह आदमी / यह औरत / यह बच्चा
Hindi's यह/वह doesn't change by gender (it only distinguishes near/far), but German dieser ("this/that") is called a "der-word" precisely because it takes the same gender and case endings as the definite article: dies-er instead of der, dies-e instead of die, dies-es instead of das — and the rest of the pattern, including how it shifts across all four cases, carries over unchanged. Don't learn dieser as a brand-new word — think of it as "der, with dies- attached."
jener: a more formal, less common 'that'
jener Tag (that day)
वह दिन
Hindi makes the यह/वह distinction constantly in everyday speech. German technically has jener for "that" (as opposed to dieser for "this"), but in practice, spoken German mostly uses dieser for both, relying on context, or adds da/dort ("there") after the noun for clarity (dieser Mann da, "that man there"). Save jener for formal or literary writing.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| dieser Mann | DEE-zer mahn | यह आदमीyah ādmī | this man |
| diese Frau | DEE-zeh frow | यह औरतyah aurat | this woman |
| dieses Kind | DEE-zes kint | यह बच्चाyah baccā | this child |
| diese Männer | DEE-zeh MEN-er | ये आदमी (बहुवचन)ye ādmī | these men (plural) |
| jener Tag | YAY-ner tahk | वह दिन (औपचारिक/साहित्यिक)vah din | that day (more formal/literary) |