यह बैंक है।

• यह = this
• बैंक = bank
• है = is

So the sentence is literally this bank is, which corresponds to natural English This is a bank.

Hindi often puts the verb at the end of the sentence. So instead of English This is a bank, Hindi says This bank is:

• यह = this
• बैंक = bank
• है = is

This verb-final pattern is very common in Hindi.

Hindi usually does not use articles like a, an, and the the way English does.

So यह बैंक है। can mean This is a bank even though there is no separate word for a.

Learners often want to insert something for a, but in a simple sentence like this, Hindi normally does not need it.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

yeh bank hai

A slightly more careful pronunciation of यह is closer to yah, but in everyday speech many speakers say something that sounds like yeh.

A rough breakdown:

• यह ≈ yeh / yah
• बैंक ≈ bank with a noticeable nasal sound before the k
• है ≈ hai as in high, but shorter and lighter

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

yeh bank hai

है is the present-tense form of the verb to be for he/she/it/this/that singular.

In this sentence, it means is.

Examples:

• यह घर है। = This is a house.
• वह स्कूल है। = That is a school.

For plural subjects, Hindi usually uses हैं instead:

• ये बैंक हैं। = These are banks.

Not always. यह can mean this or this one, and in some contexts it can also function like he, she, or it for someone or something near the speaker.

So depending on context, यह may refer to:

• this
• he
• she
• it

In यह बैंक है।, it clearly means this because bank is a thing being identified.

It is a borrowed word from English. Hindi uses many loanwords, especially for modern institutions, technology, and administration.

So बैंक is basically the Hindi form of bank, written in Devanagari script.

This is very common in Hindi. Many everyday words come from Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, English, and other languages.

The mark ं is called anusvāra. In बैंक, it adds a nasal sound before the k sound.

So बैंक is not pronounced exactly like plain English baik. It has a nasal element, roughly like bank.

For a beginner, saying bank is close enough, but it is good to notice that the script is showing nasalization.

The symbol । is called the danda. It is the traditional punctuation mark used in Devanagari to end a sentence.

So:

• । in Hindi works like
• . in English

In modern informal writing, especially online, many people also use the regular period, but । is standard in traditional Hindi writing.

Yes. You would usually use वह for that:

वह बैंक है।

So:

• यह बैंक है। = This is a bank.
• वह बैंक है। = That is a bank.

This is a very useful pair to learn together:

• यह = this
• वह = that

Not in any obvious way here.

बैंक is treated as a masculine noun in standard Hindi, but in this sentence the verb is है, which does not show masculine vs. feminine difference in the singular present tense.

So whether you are just identifying it as a bank, the sentence stays:

यह बैंक है।

Gender becomes more noticeable in other structures, especially with adjectives and past-tense verbs.

In careful standard grammar, यह is singular and ये is plural:

• यह = this
• ये = these

However, in everyday speech, many speakers pronounce यह more like ये. So learners may hear something like:

ये बैंक है

even when the meaning is singular this is a bank.

For beginners, it is best to learn the standard written form:

• singular: यह
• plural: ये