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TO BE or not to be!- In Urdu the verb 'to be' is irregular in most tenses. It doesn't reflect gender in the simple present tense but does in the simple past tense and in the future tense. In the past and future tenses shown below, the first form provided is that which corresponds to a feminine subject... meaning a woman or a girl has her say. In the second form, a man or a boy steps on his soap box and talks.

Present:

Mai hu
Tu hai
Yeh hai
Voh hai

Ham hai
Tum ho
Ap hai
Ye hai
Vo hai

Past:

(with feminine subject)

Mai thi
tu thi
Yeh thi
Voh thi

Ham thi
Tum thi
Ap thi
Ye thi
Vo thi

(with masculine subject)

Mai tha
Tu tha
Yeh tha
Voh tha

Ham the
Tum the
Ap the
Ye the
Vo the


Future:

(feminine subject)

Mai hougi
Tu hogi
Yeh hogi
Voh hogi

Ham hogi
Tum hogi
Ap hogi
Ye hogi
Ye hogi
Vo hogi

(masculine subject)

Mai houga
Tu hoga
Yeh hoga
Voh hoga

Ham hoga
Tum hoge
Ap hoge
Ye hoge
Vo hoge

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