Word
मिठाई थाली में है।
Meaning
The sweets are on the plate.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about मिठाई थाली में है।
Why is में placed after thālī instead of before it, like English in the plate?
Because Hindi uses postpositions, not prepositions.
- English: in the plate
- Hindi: थाली में = plate in
So में means in / inside / in and it comes after the noun it relates to.
In this sentence:
- थाली में = in the plate
This is a very common pattern in Hindi:
- घर में = in the house
- किताब में = in the book
- डिब्बे में = in the box
What is the basic word order of this sentence?
The sentence follows a very normal Hindi pattern:
मिठाई | थाली में | है
sweet | in the plate | is
A simple way to think of it is:
thing + place + is
Hindi often puts the verb at the end, so है comes last.
Why is है at the end?