असतो / असते / असतात

What Usually Is

Level 2Sounds Like asatō / asatē / asatāta

आहे says what is true now, and असतो says what is true again and again.

How It Works

PersonManWoman
मीअसतोअसते
तूअसतोसअसतेस
तो / तीतो असतोती असते
आम्हीअसतो
तुम्हीअसता
ते (more than one)असतात

Compare आज बँक बंद आहे (the bank is closed today) with रविवारी बँक बंद असते (the bank is closed on Sundays). The second sentence tells a rule or a routine.

Words like रोज, नेहमी and सकाळी go with it: मी सकाळी नेहमी ऑफिसमध्ये असते.

It also tells a general truth: उन्हाळ्यात खूप गरम असते (it is very hot in summer).

To ask about a routine, use असता with तुम्ही: तुम्ही रोज कुठे असता? (Where are you every day?)

For one moment right now, use आहे: मी आत्ता घरी आहे.

It also describes a usual state of a person: तो नेहमी आनंदी असतो (he is always happy).

Examples (5)

  1. रविवारी बँक बंद असते.

    The bank is closed on Sundays.

    असते matches the feminine noun बँक.

  2. मी रोज सकाळी घरी असतो.

    I am at home every morning. A man is speaking.

    असतो tells what repeats, and it shows a man is speaking.

  3. मी सकाळी नेहमी ऑफिसमध्ये असते.

    I am always at the office in the morning. A woman is speaking.

    असते tells what repeats, and it shows a woman is speaking.

  4. पावसाळ्यात रस्ते ओले असतात.

    The roads are wet in the rainy season.

    असतात matches the plural noun रस्ते.

  5. आजी सकाळी देवळात असतात.

    Grandmother is usually at the temple in the morning.

    असतात is plural for respect.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the singular with more than one thing.

    पावसाळ्यात रस्ते ओले असते.
    पावसाळ्यात रस्ते ओले असतात.

    रस्ते means more than one road, so the verb ends in -तात.

  • Using the masculine form with a feminine noun.

    रविवारी बँक बंद असतो.
    रविवारी बँक बंद असते.

    बँक is feminine, so the form is असते.

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