"तू पानी पीती है।"

Translation: You drink water.

[Alexandre76899]

I'm maybe anticipating but I saw that तू is mentioned as informal / intimate second-person singular.
I'm used to tu / vous, du / Sie, tu / Vd. A binary informal / polite form to address one person. In Hindi, I think you have 3 forms. Intimate / informal / polite. Is तू safe to use with friends, younger people etc ? I don't want to use the "intimate" instead of the informal.

[DimitrisGus]

You better use "tum" with friends and younger people. "Tu" only for small children, or close loved ones.

[Ananya920626]

So in that case, it would become " tum paani peete ho"

[Shubhada649495]

Correct , but tum shall be used even when speaking to children because it shows our humbleness towards them , we avoid speaking 'tu' to children , in hindi 'tu' is only used when someone is your close friend and both of you are of "same age".if i want to ask a child to come near me i will say- Tum idhar aao. But if im asking my best friend i will say- Tu idhar aa.

[AnouarHach2]

Use tum

[Aakash672015]

It shoud be tum not tu....tu sounds very disrespectful

[PawanJi5]

"Tu" is not right word of in hindi language.
"Tum" is the best word for "you".
Please correct the sentence
तू पानी पीती है।
You can say this = तुम पानी पीती हो।
या
तुम पानी पी रही हो।

[RanzoG]

The sentence is correct. People need to learn both Tu and Tum.

[_Shrey88_]

Why isn't it you are drinking water

[dianaprince.7]

That would be "tum pani pi rahi ho". Hindi has distinct imperfect and continuous tenses.

[PAWAN_CHAN]

Its not continuous, its just a statement that you drink water. Not right now, but any time.

[Shamshoomi]

What's the point of "he" here?

[RanzoG]

That's the present tense!
The verb is in present-habitual, a 2-word phrase. The pītī portion of it shows the habitual nature of the action and the hai part tells us it is in the present.

[Krisbaudi]

I thought it was tum hoo or aap hain. What is the reason for tu plus hain?

[Shubhada649495]

We use tu plus hain when the subject is very close to us , like u can say - tu pani piti(female)hai. To your best /close friend (girl), Tu pani pita(male)hai.to your close friend or younger brother, etc...........but even if the person is younger than/close to you you must say Tum Pani piti ho , which signifies how elegantly/humbly (adab-humble , adab se- humbly)you are communicating with your close ones too.

[ph.arFOy8]

In English, there's no difference. But in any other language clearly we can distinguish between masculin and feminine

[akrajesh]

i cant type hindi from my keyboard

[ph.LBJqsT]

In hindi different from other languages is the mannerful talks so "Tum" is more polite than "tu". Also "ap" word can also be used.

[Vinod815638]

What Mike wrong answer?

[sanjay333899]

Sorry

[vickusweetu]

When we use aap?