आप यहाँ हैं।

You are here.

Breakdown of आप यहाँ हैं।

• यहाँ: here
• होना: to be
• आप: you

Questions & Answers about आप यहाँ हैं।

Why is आप used here, and does it mean one person or more than one?

आप is the polite form of you in Hindi.

It can refer to:

• one person politely
• more than one person

So आप यहाँ हैं। can mean:

• You are here. addressed politely to one person
• You all are here. addressed politely to multiple people

In everyday learning, you will most often see आप used for respectful singular you.

Why does the sentence use हैं instead of है?

Because आप takes the polite/plural form of the verb.

In the present tense of to be:

• मैं ... हूँ = I am
• तू ... है = you are very informal
• तुम ... ho / हो = you are informal/familiar
• आप ... हैं = you are polite
• वह ... है = he/she/it is
• वे ... हैं = they are

So even when आप refers to just one person, Hindi still uses हैं because of respect.

What does यहाँ do in the sentence?

यहाँ means here.

It is a location word, so in this sentence it tells you where the person is.