Questions & Answers about पिल्ला छोटा कुत्ता है।
What is the basic structure of पिल्ला छोटा कुत्ता है?
The sentence breaks down like this:
- पिल्ला = puppy
- छोटा कुत्ता = small dog
- है = is
So the literal word order is:
- puppy small dog is
This is normal in Hindi. The subject comes first, and the verb है usually comes at the end.
Why is है at the end instead of in the middle like is in English?
Because Hindi is usually a verb-final language.
In English, you say:
- A puppy is a small dog.
In Hindi, the equivalent pattern is:
- Puppy small dog is.
So है naturally goes at the end of the sentence.
Why is there no word for a in the sentence?
Hindi usually does not use articles the way English does. That means words like a, an, and the are often simply omitted.
So:
- पिल्ला छोटा कुत्ता है
can mean - A puppy is a small dog
or, depending on context, - The puppy is a small dog
If you want, you can add एक to mean one / a: