बैडमिंटन बढ़िया है।

to be

Breakdown of बैडमिंटन बढ़िया है।

• बढ़िया: great; excellent (informal)
• बैडमिंटन: badminton

Questions & Answers about बैडमिंटन बढ़िया है।

How do I pronounce बैडमिंटन बढ़िया है?

A learner-friendly pronunciation is:

baidminton badhiya hai

A more careful transliteration is:

baiḍmiṇṭan baṛhiyā hai

A few notes:

• बै sounds roughly like bai in bike, but shorter.
• ट and ड are retroflex sounds in Hindi, made with the tongue curled back a bit.
• बढ़िया is often heard roughly like badhiya.
• है is the common present-tense word for is/am/are.

Is बैडमिंटन originally a Hindi word?

No. बैडमिंटन is a borrowing from English badminton.

Hindi often writes English loanwords in Devanagari script, so the word looks Hindi on the page, but it is still basically the same sport name.

What does बढ़िया mean exactly?

बढ़िया means something like:

• good
• nice
• great
• excellent

It is a very common everyday word. In many contexts it sounds a little warmer or more enthusiastic than just good.

So बैडमिंटन बढ़िया है। can mean:

• Badminton is good.
• Badminton is great.
• Badminton is really nice.

Why is है at the end of the sentence?