चाय गरम है।

The tea is hot.

Breakdown of चाय गरम है।

• होना: to be
• चाय: tea
• गरम: hot

Questions & Answers about चाय गरम है।

How do I pronounce चाय गरम है?

A good rough pronunciation is chaay garam hai.

More specifically:

• चाय sounds like chai/chaay
• गरम sounds roughly like guh-rum
• है is often written hai in transliteration, but in actual speech it is usually closer to heh or hae than English high

If you want a simple learner-friendly version, say:

chaay guh-rum heh

What does है mean here?

है is the Hindi word functioning like English is in this sentence.

So:

• चाय = tea
• गरम = hot
• है = is

Hindi often puts है at the end of this kind of sentence.

Why is गरम after चाय instead of before it?

Because this sentence means Tea is hot, not hot tea.

In Hindi:

• गरम चाय = hot tea
  
  • adjective + noun
• चाय गरम है = the tea is hot
  
  • noun + adjective + is