"सेब लाल होते हैं ।"

Translation: Apples are red.

[ElijahDAF]

What does होते have to do in a sentence?

[deactivated user]

Good question - Hote means something is always that way.

[santosh135994]

Can we use hotee instead of hote?

[deactivated user]

Nope, hotee is feminine

[deactivated user]

Apples are not always red.
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[ErfanRezamand]

लाल red origins from the word "lale" in persian which is the name of tulip flower

[AdvaithCha2]

True :/

[VIJAYRAMPE1]

होते is a conjugation of होना (hona), but in the conditional tense (not in the "present indicative.") More on the conjugation of the verb होना
www.verbix.com/webverbix/go.php?D1=47&T1=honaa&H1=147

[William80638]

how do you use Verbix? i type in "go", "to go", "went", and nothing came up

[VIJAYRAMPE1]

The verbix link offers info on the conjunction of होना
http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/go.php?D1=47&T1=honaa&H1=147

[Malatimanjari]

It says Verbix is under construction. Does one have to install it and what all comes along with it?

[Shivaadh]

Huh? Why would one use the conditional tense here, given that apples are always red?

[deactivated user]

Apples can be red, yellow, green, and even brown and purple if bruised or old and rotten

[akshaya28]

Why apples are not always red

[Dave-O.]

Apples may be red?