महल शहर में है।

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• महल = palace
• शहर = city
• में = in
• है = is

So the literal order is palace city in is, but the natural English meaning is The palace is in the city.

Hindi uses postpositions, not prepositions.

• English: in the city
• Hindi: city in = शहर में

So में comes after the noun it belongs to. This is very normal in Hindi.

Hindi usually puts the verb at the end. A very common pattern is:

subject + location/other information + verb

So:

• महल = subject
• शहर में = location
• है = verb

That is why है comes last in महल शहर में है।

है is the present-tense form of होना meaning to be.
Here it means is.

So:

• महल शहर में है। = The palace is in the city.

If the subject were plural, Hindi would usually use हैं instead:

• महल शहर में हैं। = The palaces are in the city.

Hindi does not have articles like English a, an, and the.

That means महल can mean:

• a palace
• the palace

And शहर can mean:

• a city
• the city

Context tells you which meaning is intended. In this sentence, the intended meaning is understood from context, not from a separate article word.

In Hindi, nouns before postpositions like में often go into the oblique form.

However, some nouns look the same in both the direct and oblique forms. शहर is one of them, so you still see शहर में.

Compare that with a noun that does change:

• कमरा = room
• कमरे में = in the room

So the grammar is still working the same way, but शहर just does not visibly change here.

The mark above the letter in में shows nasalization.

So में is not pronounced like a plain मे. It is more like mein with a nasal sound.

A rough guide:

• मे = me
• में = mein, with the vowel nasalized

This is a very common feature in Hindi spelling and pronunciation.

Not in any obvious way here.

• महल is a masculine noun.
• शहर is also masculine.

But in this sentence, nothing changes because of gender:

• है does not show masculine vs. feminine in this form.
• There is no adjective here that has to agree with the noun.

Gender becomes more visible when adjectives are involved. For example:

• महल बड़ा है। = The palace is big.
• इमारत बड़ी है। = The building is big.

So gender is part of Hindi grammar, but this particular sentence does not highlight it much.

A simple pronunciation guide:

• महल ≈ ma-hal
• शहर ≈ sha-har
• में ≈ mein with nasalization
• है ≈ hai, but in standard Hindi it is usually closer to heh/hae than the English word high

A few useful tips:

• Hindi usually pronounces each written syllable fairly clearly.
• Do not heavily stress one syllable the way English often does.
• है is very common, so it is worth listening to native speech to get its exact sound.

That mark is called the danda. It is the traditional Hindi sentence-ending punctuation mark.

It works like an English period:

• महल शहर में है। = The palace is in the city.

In modern informal typing, many people also use a regular period, but । is the standard mark in Devanagari.