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Questions & Answers about यह एसएमएस है।
What does यह mean here?
यह means this. It points to something near the speaker.
So यह एसएमएस है literally has the structure this SMS is, which English expresses as This is an SMS.
How do you pronounce यह?
Learners are often taught यह as yah or yeh. In real speech, it is very commonly heard closer to yeh.
So if you say it roughly like yeh, you will sound natural in many situations.
Why do I sometimes hear ये instead of यह for this?
That is a very common spoken Hindi feature.
- Standard written Hindi: यह for singular this
- Everyday speech: many speakers say ये where the textbook form would be यह
So यह एसएमएस है is the standard written version, but in speech you may hear ये एसएमएस है.
One thing to remember: in standard grammar, ये can also mean these, so यह is the safer form for learners to write when they mean singular this.
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