The Verb 'to be'

The verb 'to be' is very important in Hindi: it is used as a copulative verb; it helps to form some important constructions (such as possessive constructions, the must-constructions etc.); and it serves as an auxiliary verb that helps to form practically all the tenses in Hindi.

The present and the past forms of this verb are listed below.

Person	Personal Pronoun	Present Tense	Gender	Past Tense
I	मैं	हूँ	masc.	था thaa 'was'
			fem.	थी thii 'was'
	हम	हैं	masc.	थे the 'were'
			fem.	थीं thiiN 'were'
II	तू	है	masc.	था thaa 'were'
			fem.	थी thii 'were'
	तुम	हो	masc.	थे the 'were'
			fem.	थीं thiiN 'were'
	आप	हैं	masc.	थे the 'were'
			fem.	थीं thiiN 'were'
III	यहवह	है	masc.	था thaa 'was'
			fem.	थी thii 'was'
	येवे	हैं	masc.	थे the 'were'
			fem.	थीं thiiN 'were'

See Also:

• Verbs
• Infinitives
• Intensive (Compound) Verbs
• Causative Verbs
• Modal Verbs
• The Passive Voice
• Mood
• The Imperative Mood
• The Conditional Mood
• The Subjunctive Mood
• The Indicative Mood
• The Present Habitual Tense
• The Past Habitual Tense
• The Present Continuous Tense
• The Past Continuous Tense
• The Future Tense
• The Perfect Narrative Tense
• The Perfect Tense
• The Perfect Non-Narrative Tense
• Impersonal Verbal Forms
• Verbal Adverbs
• Participles
• Some Important Hindi Constructions
• Possessive Constructions
• Permissive Construction
• The Must-Constructions
• Types of action