यह तौलिया मऊ है।

to be

Breakdown of यह तौलिया मऊ है।

• यह: this
• तौलिया: towel
• मऊ: soft

Questions & Answers about यह तौलिया मऊ है।

What does यह mean here? Is it this, or can it also mean it/he/she?

Here, यह means this: this towel.

A useful thing to know is that Hindi often uses the same word for both:

• a demonstrative: this
• a near third-person pronoun: he/she/it for someone or something close by

So यह can mean:

• this
• this one
• sometimes he/she/it in context

In यह तौलिया मऊ है, the noun तौलिया is right after it, so the meaning is clearly this towel.

Why is है at the end of the sentence?

Because Hindi normally puts the main verb at the end.

So the structure here is:

• यह = this
• तौलिया = towel
• मऊ = soft
• है = is

Literally, the order is closer to:

This towel soft is.

That is completely normal in Hindi. English usually puts is earlier, but Hindi usually saves the verb for the end.

Why is it है and not हैं?