Simple Present Tense of "To Be" in Gujarati

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In English, the verb “to Be” has special significance. Its different forms are used along with other verbs to indicate tense. The same is the case in Gujarati.

“To Be” in English is હોવું (“hovuM”) in Gujarati.

In English “am”, ”are” and ”is” are different forms of “to be” for different pronouns. 
Similarly in Gujarati there are different forms of હોવું (“hovuM”) for different pronouns. The below chart shows has the details.

Pronoun in English	Form of “To Be”	Pronoun in Gujarati	Form of હોવું  (“hovuM”)in Gujarati
I	am	હું  (huM)	છું  (ChuM)
we	are	અમે  (ame)	છીએ(ChIe)
we ( listener including)	are	આપણે  (ApaNe)
You (singular )	are	તું  (tuM)	છે  (Che)
You (plural)	are	તમે  (tame)	છો  (Cho)
He/She/It/This/That	is	આ/એ/તે  (A/e/te)	છે  (Che)
They / Those (m./f/n.)	are	તેઓ/ એ  (teo /e)	છે  (Che)

So sentence can be formed as :- 

I am :- હું છું  (huM ChuM)

You(plural) are :- તમે છો  (tame Cho)

They are :- તેઓ છે  (teo Che)

We are :- અમે/આપણે છીએ  (ame/ApaNe ChIe)

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