Word
मुझे चाय चाहिए।
Meaning
I want tea.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about मुझे चाय चाहिए।
How do you pronounce मुझे चाय चाहिए?
A common pronunciation is:
mujhe chaay chaahiye
More naturally in connected speech, many speakers say something close to:
mujhe chai chahiye
A rough English-style guide:
- मुझे = moo-jhay / mujh-eh
- चाय = chaay like chai
- चाहिए = chaa-hi-ye
So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:
moo-jhay chai chaa-hi-ye
Why is it मुझे, not मैं?
Because Hindi does not express I want X the same way English does.
In this sentence, मुझे is the form used for to me / for me, not the basic subject form मैं.
So the structure is closer to:
- मुझे = to me
- चाय = tea
- चाहिए = is wanted / is needed
A very literal sense is:
To me, tea is needed/wanted.
That is why मुझे is used instead of मैं.
What does चाहिए mean exactly?