हर कोई (har koii)
pronoun
A compound pronoun meaning 'everyone, everybody' -- built from हर (har, 'every') plus कोई (koii, 'someone/anyone'). One straightforward sense.
Sense
1
:
everyone, everybody
pronoun Grammatically singular -- takes third-person singular verb agreement even though it refers to a group of people.
Synonyms: सभी (sabhii), सब (sab), हर एक (har ek)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: हर कोई (har koii) is the everyday, slightly more emphatic cousin of सभी (sabhii) or सब (sab) -- where सब (sab) sounds like a collective mass ('everyone, as a group'), हर कोई (har koii) picks out each individual person one by one, closer to English 'every single person.' You will hear it constantly in casual complaints like हर कोई यही कहता है (har koii yahii kahtaa hai, 'everyone says the same thing') -- a classic Delhi auto-rickshaw or chai-stall grumble.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes pluralize the verb after हर कोई (har koii), e.g. saying हर कोई जाते हैं (har koii jaate hain) instead of हर कोई जाता है (har koii jaataa hai) -- the phrase is treated as singular. 2) हर कोई (har koii) is not marked with ने (ne) any differently from कोई (koii) -- it follows the same oblique/agreement pattern as the base word कोई (koii), so the perfective still agrees with the object if there is one, just as with कोई (koii) alone.
Sample Sentences:
हर कोई अपने काम में लगा हुआ है।
Everyone is busy with their own work.
(har koii apne kaam men lagaa huaa hai।)
Listen: M85
उस दिन हर कोई देर से पहुँचा।
That day, everyone arrived late.
(us din har koii der se pahunchaa।)
Listen: M85
हर कोई अपनी राय दे रहा था।
Everyone was giving their opinion.
(har koii apnii raay de rahaa thaa।)
Listen: F85
काश हर कोई इतना ईमानदार होता।
I wish everyone were this honest.
(kaash har koii itnaa iimaandaar hotaa।)
Listen: F85
हर कोई इस बात को समझ जाए, यही उम्मीद है।
The hope is that everyone comes to understand this.
(har koii is baat ko samajh jaae, yahii ummiid hai।)
Listen: F85
जब बॉस आया, तो हर कोई चौकन्ना हो गया।
When the boss came in, everyone became alert.
(jab bos aayaa, to har koii chaukannaa ho gayaa।)
Listen: M85
इस मीटिंग में हर किसी की बात सुनी जाएगी।
In this meeting, everyone's point will be heard.
(is miiting men har kisii kii baat sunii jaaegii।)
Listen: F85
यार, ऑटो वाले तो हर किसी से यही बहाना बनाते हैं।
Man, the auto-rickshaw guys make this same excuse to everyone.
(yaar, oto vaale to har kisii se yahii bahaanaa banaate hain।)
Listen: M85
हर कोई अपनी जिंदगी में खुश रहना चाहता है।
Everyone wants to be happy in their life.
(har koii apnii jindgii men khush rahnaa chaahtaa hai।)
Listen: F85
हर किसी का ध्यान रखो, किसी को नज़रअंदाज़ मत करो।
Take care of everyone, do not ignore anyone.
(har kisii kaa dhyaan rakho, kisii ko nazraandaaz mat karo।)
Listen: F85