यह आदत बदलना मुश्किल है।

This habit is difficult to change.

Breakdown of यह आदत बदलना मुश्किल है।

• होना: to be
• यह: this
• मुश्किल: difficult
• बदलना: to change

Questions & Answers about यह आदत बदलना मुश्किल है।

Why does the sentence look like This habit changing difficult is in Hindi?

Hindi word order is usually Subject/Object + Verb, and the verb often comes at the end.

So this sentence is built like:

• यह आदत = this habit
• बदलना = to change / changing
• मुश्किल = difficult
• है = is

So the overall structure is:

• यह आदत बदलना मुश्किल है
• literally: This habit changing difficult is
• natural English: Changing this habit is difficult

Hindi often puts the action phrase before मुश्किल है.

What does यह mean here?

यह means this.

In this sentence, it is being used as a determiner before आदत:

• यह आदत = this habit

A useful comparison:

• यह = this
• वह = that

So:

• यह आदत = this habit
• वह आदत = that habit

Why is it आदत and not something with an article like a habit or the habit?

Hindi does not use articles like a, , and the way English does.