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Something about “Be verbs” in Hindi

Be verbs show state of being.

I am happy. You are so sleepy.He is a dog. She is beautiful.Her husband was bald.You were so nice to me.

All  italicized words in the above sentences are “Be verbs” in English.A careful observation will show that each pronoun has a fixed “be verb” associated with it.

“I” comes with “am”

“You” is associated to “are”

This is called subject-verb agreement. The verb has to agree with the subject present in the sentence.  The subject -verb agreement exist in all the languages and Hindi is no exception.

Hindi be verbs also agree with the subject pronoun present in the sentence. The different kind of Hindi pronouns have already been covered earlier. In this lesson, we shall study the Hindi “be verbs” associated with those pronouns.

मैं ___हूँ   =  I am

मैं ____था=  I was

तुम __हो = You are

तुम ___थे =You were

आप __हो = You are

आप___थे =You were

यह/वह ___है =He/She is

यह/वह___ था/थी/थे =He/She  was

First person pronoun: