मेरा घर बड़ा है।

My house is big.

Breakdown of मेरा घर बड़ा है।

• होना: to be
• घर: house
• बड़ा: big
• मेरा: my

Questions & Answers about मेरा घर बड़ा है।

Why is the word order मेरा घर बड़ा है instead of something more like English, such as मेरा बड़ा घर है for My house is big?

Hindi and English organize this kind of sentence differently.

• मेरा घर = my house
• बड़ा = big
• है = is

So the pattern is:

• [possessor] + [noun] + [adjective] + [is]

That is very normal in Hindi for sentences like X is Y.

Compare:

• मेरा घर बड़ा है = My house is big
• मेरा बड़ा घर = my big house

So बड़ा can appear in two different roles:

• before the noun: it describes the noun directly → मेरा बड़ा घर = my big house
• after the noun with है: it is the predicate adjective → मेरा घर बड़ा है = my house is big

Why is it मेरा and not मेरी?

Because घर is a masculine singular noun in Hindi, and मेरा agrees with घर.

Hindi possessive words like मेरा / मेरी / मेरे change form depending on the noun they describe:

• मेरा = masculine singular
• मेरी = feminine singular
• मेरे = masculine plural, and also some oblique uses

So:

• मेरा घर = my house because घर is masculine singular
• मेरी किताब = my book because किताब is feminine singular

This is different from English, where my never changes.

Why is it बड़ा and not बड़ी?

For the same reason: बड़ा agrees with घर, which is masculine singular.

Many Hindi adjectives change form depending on gender and number. बड़ा is one of them.

Its basic forms are:

• बड़ा = masculine singular
• बड़ी = feminine singular
• बड़े = masculine plural or certain oblique contexts

Examples:

• घर बड़ा है = The house is big
• किताब बड़ी है = The book is big

So in मेरा घर बड़ा है, both मेरा and बड़ा match घर.

What exactly does है mean here?

है means is.

It is a present-tense form of the verb होना = to be.

In this sentence, it links घर and बड़ा:

• घर = house
• बड़ा = big
• है = is

So it works like the English copula in The house is big.

A few related forms:

• है = is / am / are in singular polite or third-person contexts depending on the sentence
• हूँ = am
• हो = are
• हैं = are

For example:

• मैं बड़ा हूँ = I am big
• वह बड़ा है = He/it is big
• वे बड़े हैं = They are big

Is घर really masculine? How can a house have gender?

Yes, घर is grammatically masculine in Hindi.

Grammatical gender does not mean the object is biologically male or female. It is just a noun class. Many languages do this.

So in Hindi, objects also have gender:

• घर = masculine
• कमरा = masculine
• किताब = feminine
• कुर्सी = feminine

You usually have to learn a noun’s gender along with the noun itself, because other words may change to agree with it.

That is why both मेरा and बड़ा take masculine forms in this sentence.

How do I pronounce बड़ा? What is the dot under the letter in ड़?

बड़ा is usually pronounced roughly like ba-raa, but with a special Hindi sound in the middle.

More carefully:

• ब = b
• ड़ = a flapped/rolled retroflex r-like sound
• ा = long aa

So बड़ा is often transliterated as baṛā.

About ड़:

• It is not exactly the English d
• It is not exactly the English r
• It is a special Hindi sound, often described as a retroflex flap

A good beginner approximation is to say something between bada and bara, but with the tongue curled slightly back.

The whole sentence is commonly transliterated as:

• merā ghar baṛā hai

Why is there no word for the or a in the sentence?

Hindi usually does not use articles the way English does.

English needs words like:

• a
• an
• the

Hindi normally does not.

So:

• घर बड़ा है can mean The house is big or A house is big, depending on context
• मेरा घर बड़ा है naturally means My house is big

The meaning is understood from context rather than from an article.

That is why the Hindi sentence can be shorter than the English one.

Can I also say मेरा घर बहुत बड़ा है?

Yes. That means My house is very big.

You just add बहुत before the adjective:

• मेरा घर बड़ा है = My house is big
• मेरा घर बहुत बड़ा है = My house is very big

This is a very common pattern in Hindi:

• वह बहुत अच्छा है = He/it is very good
• कमरा बहुत छोटा है = The room is very small

How would I make this sentence negative?

Add नहीं before है.

So:

• मेरा घर बड़ा है = My house is big
• मेरा घर बड़ा नहीं है = My house is not big

This is the usual pattern:

• [subject] + [description] + नहीं + है

Examples:

• वह खुश है = He/She is happy
• वह खुश नहीं है = He/She is not happy

How would I turn this into a question?

A very common way is to add क्या at the beginning:

• क्या मेरा घर बड़ा है? = Is my house big?

In speech, Hindi also relies a lot on intonation, so sometimes a rising tone can make it a question too, but क्या is the clearest beginner pattern.

So compare:

• मेरा घर बड़ा है। = statement
• क्या मेरा घर बड़ा है? = yes/no question

Can है ever be dropped?

In standard complete sentences, you normally keep है.

So the normal sentence is:

• मेरा घर बड़ा है

If you say only:

• मेरा घर बड़ा

it may sound incomplete in careful standard Hindi, though in casual speech, poetry, headlines, or certain conversational contexts people sometimes omit forms of to be.

For a learner, the safest rule is:

• Do not drop है in normal present-tense sentences like this one.

What are the other forms of this sentence if the noun changes?

The possessive and adjective both change to match the noun.

For example:

• मेरा घर बड़ा है। = masculine singular
• मेरी किताब बड़ी है। = feminine singular
• मेरे घर बड़े हैं। = masculine plural
• मेरी किताबें बड़ी हैं। = feminine plural

This is a very important Hindi pattern:

• possessive agrees with the noun
• adjective often agrees with the noun
• है / हैं changes according to singular or plural

So this one sentence is a good model for many other basic Hindi sentences.