यह पालतू जानवर है।

This is a pet.

Breakdown of यह पालतू जानवर है।

• होना: to be
• यह: this
• पालतू जानवर: pet; domestic animal

Questions & Answers about यह पालतू जानवर है।

How do you pronounce यह पालतू जानवर है?

A common pronunciation is:

yah paaltū jaanvar hai

In everyday speech, यह is very often pronounced yeh, so you may also hear:

yeh paaltū jaanvar hai

A rough English-style guide:

• यह = yah / yeh
• पालतू = paa-l-too
• जानवर = jaa-nuh-vur / jaan-var
• है = hai (rhymes roughly with eye, but shorter)

So the whole sentence sounds like:

yeh paaltū jaanvar hai

What does each word in the sentence do?

Here is the breakdown:

• यह = this
• पालतू = pet / domesticated
• जानवर = animal
• है = is

So structurally, the sentence is:

This + pet animal + is

Hindi often puts is/are at the end, unlike English.

Why is है at the end instead of after यह?