यह असल तस्वीर है।

to be

Breakdown of यह असल तस्वीर है।

• यह: this
• तस्वीर: picture
• असल: real; actual

Questions & Answers about यह असल तस्वीर है।

How do I pronounce यह असल तस्वीर है?

A natural pronunciation is:

yah asal tasvīr hai

A few helpful notes:

• यह is written yah, but in everyday speech it often sounds closer to yeh.
• असल = a-sal
• तस्वीर = tas-veer
• है = hai

So in normal speech, many people would say something close to:

yeh asal tasveer hai

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Why is है at the end of the sentence?

Because Hindi normally puts the verb at the end.

So the structure is:

• यह = this
• असल तस्वीर = real picture
• है = is

Hindi often follows a subject + complement + verb pattern, whereas English uses subject + verb + complement.

So:

• English: This is the real picture.
• Hindi: This real picture is.

That is completely normal in Hindi.

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What exactly does असल mean here?

असल means something like:

• real
• actual
• genuine