Questions & Answers about वह आदमी अंग्रेज़ी बोलता है।
Why does वह mean both he and that?
In Hindi, वह can work as both:
- a pronoun: he / she / it
- a demonstrative: that
So वह आदमी can mean that man, while वह by itself can mean he depending on context.
Hindi often relies on context more than English does. In speech, वह is also often pronounced more like वो.
Why is there no word for the or a in this sentence?
Hindi normally does not use articles like English a, an, and the.
So आदमी can mean:
- a man
- the man
- just man in a general sense
Context tells you which meaning is intended. In वह आदमी अंग्रेज़ी बोलता है, the presence of वह already makes it specific, so the meaning is naturally that man or he.
What is the basic word order in वह आदमी अंग्रेज़ी बोलता है?
The normal Hindi word order is Subject–Object–Verb.
So this sentence breaks down as:
- वह आदमी = the subject