पानी तरल है।

Water is liquid.

Breakdown of पानी तरल है।

• होना: to be
• पानी: water
• तरल: liquid

Questions & Answers about पानी तरल है।

How do I pronounce पानी तरल है?

A common learner-friendly pronunciation is:

• पानी = pānī
• तरल = taral
• है = hai

So the whole sentence is roughly:

pānī taral hai

A few notes:

• पा has a long aa sound.
• नी has a long ee sound.
• In तरल, both a vowels are short.
• है is often pronounced somewhat like hai, though in careful speech it is closer to hɛ than English high.

What does each word do in the sentence?

The sentence breaks down like this:

• पानी = water
• तरल = liquid / fluid
• है = is

So the structure is:

water + liquid + is

This is a very normal Hindi pattern: subject + description + है.

Why is है at the end instead of in the middle like English is?

Because Hindi usually places the verb at the end of the sentence.

English says:

Water is liquid.

Hindi says literally:

Water liquid is.

This is one of the most important word-order differences between English and Hindi. In simple equational/descriptive sentences, the form of to be often comes last.