Questions & Answers about इस सतह पर तेल की परत है।
Hindi usually places the main verb at the end of the sentence, so है comes last.
A natural breakdown is:
- इस सतह पर = on this surface
- तेल की परत = a layer of oil
- है = is
So the structure is roughly:
[location] + [thing] + [is]
That is very normal in Hindi.
Here is a word-by-word breakdown:
- इस = this
- सतह = surface
- पर = on
- तेल = oil
- की = of
- परत = layer
- है = is
So literally, it is something like:
On this surface, oil-of layer is.
More natural English: There is a layer of oil on this surface.
This is because Hindi demonstratives like यह change form before a postposition.
- यह = this
- इस = oblique form of यह
Since सतह is followed by the postposition पर, the noun phrase goes into the oblique form: