मेरी दोस्त को गपशप पसंद है।

to be

Breakdown of मेरी दोस्त को गपशप पसंद है।

• मेरा: my
• दोस्त: friend
• पसंद आना: to like

Questions & Answers about मेरी दोस्त को गपशप पसंद है।

Why is it मेरी दोस्त and not मेरा दोस्त?

मेरी agrees with दोस्त here, and the friend is understood to be female.

In Hindi, possessive words like मेरा / मेरी / मेरे change to match the gender and number of the thing possessed:

• मेरा दोस्त = my male friend
• मेरी दोस्त = my female friend

So मेरी दोस्त tells you the speaker’s friend is female.

Does दोस्त itself mean a female friend here?

Yes, in this sentence it refers to a female friend, but दोस्त is often used for either male or female in everyday Hindi.

That is why Hindi often shows the gender through other words around it, such as:

• मेरा दोस्त = my male friend
• मेरी दोस्त = my female friend

If someone wants a more clearly feminine word, they might use सहेली, but दोस्त is very common and natural.

What does को mean in this sentence?

को marks the person who experiences the liking.

Hindi usually expresses to like with the pattern:

X को Y पसंद है
= X likes Y
Literally, it is closer to Y is pleasing to X.

So:

• मेरी दोस्त को = to my friend
• गपशप पसंद है = gossip is liked / is pleasing

That is why को is needed here.

Why doesn’t Hindi use a normal verb meaning here?