यह दवा तरल है।

to be

Breakdown of यह दवा तरल है।

• यह: this
• दवा: medicine
• तरल: liquid

Questions & Answers about यह दवा तरल है।

What does यह mean here?

यह means this here.

So यह दवा = this medicine.

A useful note:

• यह = this
• वह = that

In everyday speech, यह is often pronounced more like ये or yeh.

Why is the sentence order यह दवा तरल है instead of यह तरल दवा है?

Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things in structure.

• यह दवा तरल है। = This medicine is liquid.
• यह तरल दवा है। = This is liquid medicine.

In your sentence, तरल is describing the state or quality of the medicine, and है makes it a full sentence: is liquid.

So the pattern is:

subject + description + है

Here:

• यह दवा = subject
• तरल = description
• है = is

Why is है at the end?

In Hindi, the verb usually comes at the end of the sentence.

So where English says:

• This medicine is liquid

Hindi says:

• This medicine liquid is
• यह दवा तरल है

This is a very normal Hindi word order.

What does दवा mean exactly?