यह भवन बड़ा है।

This building is big.

Breakdown of यह भवन बड़ा है।

• होना: to be
• यह: this
• बड़ा: big
• भवन: building

Questions & Answers about यह भवन बड़ा है।

How do I pronounce यह भवन बड़ा है?

A natural pronunciation is:

yeh bhavan baṛā hai

A few pronunciation notes:

• यह is often pronounced yeh in normal speech, even though learners sometimes see it explained as yah.
• भवन is bha-van. The भ is an aspirated b sound, roughly bh.
• बड़ा is ba-ṛā. The ड़ is a flapped sound, not a plain English d.
• है is usually pronounced something like hai.

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

yeh bhavan baṛā hai

What does each word do in the sentence?

Here is the breakdown:

• यह = this
• भवन = building
• बड़ा = big
• है = is

So the structure is:

this + building + big + is

Hindi often puts the adjective before the verb है, and the verb comes at the end.

Why is it बड़ा and not बड़ी or बड़े?