मैं इस कुर्सी पर असहज हूँ।

असहज means uncomfortable, uneasy, or not at ease.

In this sentence, because it is followed by इस कुर्सी पर (on this chair), it most naturally means physically uncomfortable on the chair.

But असहज can also be used more broadly for:

• emotional unease
• social awkwardness
• feeling unnatural or tense

So depending on context, असहज can mean:

• This chair is uncomfortable for me
• or more generally I feel uneasy

पर usually means on, upon, or sometimes at.

So:

• इस कुर्सी पर = on this chair

English often says in this chair as well, but Hindi commonly uses पर with things like:

• कुर्सी पर = on a chair
• मेज़ पर = on a table
• बिस्तर पर = on the bed

So even if English might say in this chair, Hindi naturally says कुर्सी पर.

Both यह and इस are forms of this, but they are used differently.

• यह is the basic form: this
• इस is the oblique form, used before postpositions like पर, में, से, को

Because कुर्सी is followed by पर, Hindi uses the oblique form:

• यह कुर्सी = this chair
• इस कुर्सी पर = on this chair

This is a very common pattern in Hindi:

• यह किताब = this book
• इस किताब में = in this book

Hindi has more than one way to express discomfort.

This sentence uses a structure like:

• मैं ... असहज हूँ = I am uncomfortable ...

Here, मैं is the subject, just like English I.

But Hindi also often uses:

• मुझे ... असहज लग रहा है
• मुझे यह कुर्सी असहज लग रही है
• मुझे इस कुर्सी पर आराम नहीं है (less direct / more situational)

So मैं is correct here because the sentence is built as:

• I am uncomfortable

If the sentence were built around it feels uncomfortable to me, then मुझे would be more likely.

हूँ is the first-person singular present form of to be.

So:

• मैं ... हूँ = I am ...

In this sentence:

• मैं = I
• असहज = uncomfortable
• हूँ = am

Together:

• मैं ... असहज हूँ = I am uncomfortable ...

Hindi often puts the verb at the end, so the sentence ends with हूँ.

Some Hindi adjectives change form depending on gender and number, and some do not.

असहज is an adjective that usually does not change form here. It stays the same whether the speaker is male or female.

So both of these are fine:

• मैं असहज हूँ = I am uncomfortable. (male speaker)
• मैं असहज हूँ = I am uncomfortable. (female speaker)

Compare that with an adjective like थका / थकी:

• मैं थका हूँ = I am tired. (male)
• मैं थकी हूँ = I am tired. (female)

So असहज is one of the adjectives that stays unchanged.

This word order is natural and standard, but Hindi word order is somewhat flexible.

The basic pattern here is:

• मैं = I
• इस कुर्सी पर = on this chair
• असहज = uncomfortable
• हूँ = am

So the sentence literally follows something like:

• I on this chair uncomfortable am

That sounds strange in English, but it is normal in Hindi.

You may also hear variations for emphasis, such as:

• इस कुर्सी पर मैं असहज हूँ
• मैं असहज हूँ इस कुर्सी पर (less neutral, more marked)

The most neutral version is the original:

• मैं this chair on uncomfortable am → मैं इस कुर्सी पर असहज हूँ

Yes, potentially.

Because असहज can mean both:

• physically uncomfortable
• emotionally or socially uneasy

Without context, the sentence could theoretically mean:

• I’m uncomfortable on this chair
• I feel awkward sitting on this chair

But because a chair is mentioned, most people will first understand it as physical discomfort.

If you want to make the physical meaning clearer, Hindi speakers might say things like:

• मैं इस कुर्सी पर आराम से नहीं बैठ पा रहा हूँ।
• यह कुर्सी मेरे लिए आरामदायक नहीं है।
• मैं इस कुर्सी पर बैठे हुए असहज महसूस कर रहा हूँ।

Yes, कुर्सी is feminine.

You can see this in other sentences, for example:

• यह कुर्सी अच्छी है। = This chair is good.

In मैं इस कुर्सी पर असहज हूँ, the femininity of कुर्सी does not create any obvious change in the words you see, because:

• इस is already the correct oblique form before पर
• असहज does not change here
• हूँ agrees with मैं, not with कुर्सी

So yes, कुर्सी is feminine, but that fact does not strongly affect this particular sentence.

Yes, it is understandable and grammatically correct, but in casual speech some speakers might choose more natural-sounding alternatives depending on what they want to emphasize.

For example:

• मैं इस कुर्सी पर असहज हूँ।
  = I am uncomfortable on this chair.

Other natural alternatives:

• मुझे इस कुर्सी पर असहज लग रहा है।
• यह कुर्सी मुझे आरामदायक नहीं लग रही।
• मैं इस कुर्सी पर आराम से नहीं बैठ पा रहा हूँ।

The original sentence is perfectly fine, but in everyday conversation people often use लगना, महसूस करना, or आरामदायक / आरामदेह when talking about comfort.

To negate it, add नहीं before हूँ:

• मैं इस कुर्सी पर असहज नहीं हूँ।

This means:

• I am not uncomfortable on this chair.

That could imply:

• I am comfortable on this chair
• or at least I am not feeling uneasy on it

A more direct positive opposite would be:

• मैं इस कुर्सी पर सहज हूँ। = I am comfortable / at ease on this chair.
• मैं इस कुर्सी पर आरामदायक महसूस कर रहा हूँ। is less common in this exact form
• more naturally: मैं इस कुर्सी पर आराम से हूँ / बैठा हूँ depending on context

It is pronounced approximately as:

• a-sa-haj

A rough English-friendly guide:

• अ = short uh
• स = s
• हज = roughly huj or haj, depending on accent

So something like:

• uh-suh-huj

But it is best thought of in syllables:

• अ-स-हज

The ह is clearly pronounced, so do not compress it too much.