मेज़ पर किताब है

Saying What Is Where

Level 1Sounds Like mēza para kitāba hai

Hindi says on the table a book is: मेज़ पर किताब है.

How It Works

English uses there is and there are. Hindi uses word order: place first, then the thing, then है or हैं.

PlaceThingVerbMeaning
मेज़ परकिताबहैThere is a book on the table.
कमरे मेंदो बिस्तरहैंThere are two beds in the room.

The verb agrees with the thing: one thing takes है and several take हैं.

The order changes the meaning a little. मेज़ पर किताब है brings in a new book: there is a book on the table. किताब मेज़ पर है talks about a book you both know: the book is on the table. Hindi has no word for the, so the order shows whether you mean a new thing or one you both already know.

For there is not, put नहीं before है: फ़्रिज में दूध नहीं है. In quick speech the है is often dropped: फ़्रिज में दूध नहीं.

To ask, put क्या at the start: क्या यहाँ पास में एटीएम है? (Is there an ATM near here?)

Examples (5)

  1. मेज़ पर किताब है।

    There is a book on the table.

    Place, thing, verb.

  2. कमरे में दो बिस्तर हैं।

    There are two beds in the room.

    Two beds, so the verb is हैं.

  3. दीवार पर एक घड़ी है।

    There is a clock on the wall.

    The place phrase दीवार पर comes first.

  4. फ़्रिज में दूध नहीं है।

    There is no milk in the fridge.

    नहीं before है says there is not.

  5. क्या यहाँ पास में एटीएम है?

    Is there an ATM near here?

    क्या at the start turns it into a question.

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मेज़ पर किताब हैLevel 1Saying What Is Where

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A there-is sentence opens with a place phrase and ends with है, so it needs postpositions and the present of to be.

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