यह घर है।

to be

Breakdown of यह घर है।

• यह: this
• घर: house

Questions & Answers about यह घर है।

How do I pronounce यह घर है?

A common pronunciation is yeh ghar hai.

A rough guide:

• यह → yeh or yah in careful pronunciation
• घर → ghar
  
  • gh is a breathy/aspirated g, not like English g
    • h separately
  • r is lightly tapped or rolled
• है → hai
  
  • sounds a bit like hai in high, but shorter and flatter

So the whole sentence is roughly:

yeh ghar hai

What does each word mean?

Word by word:

• यह = this
• घर = house or home
• है = is

So Hindi is literally structured like:

this house is

which corresponds to natural English This is a house/home or This is the house/home, depending on context.

Why is the word order different from English?

Hindi usually prefers a pattern where the verb comes at the end of the sentence.

So instead of English: