Word
कहानी में बचपन की झलक है।
Meaning
The story offers a glimpse of childhood.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about कहानी में बचपन की झलक है।
What is the literal word-for-word breakdown of कहानी में बचपन की झलक है।?
A natural breakdown is:
कहानी = story
में = in
बचपन = childhood
की = of / ’s
झलक = glimpse, hint, trace
है = is
So the literal order is roughly:
In the story, childhood’s glimpse is.
Natural English would be:
There is a glimpse of childhood in the story.
Why is में used after कहानी instead of before it?
Hindi uses postpositions, not prepositions.
In English, we say in the story.
In Hindi, the equivalent word में comes after the noun:
कहानी में = in the story
This is very normal in Hindi:
- घर में = in the house
- किताब में = in the book
- कहानी में = in the story
Why is it बचपन की झलक and not बचपन का झलक?
Because का / की / के agrees with the noun that comes after it — the thing being described or possessed — not with बचपन.
Here, the noun after it is झलक, and झलक is feminine singular, so the correct form is :