वह आदमी हिंदी बोलता है।

to be

Breakdown of वह आदमी हिंदी बोलता है।

• वह: that
• आदमी: man
• हिंदी: Hindi

Questions & Answers about वह आदमी हिंदी बोलता है।

How do you pronounce वह आदमी हिंदी बोलता है।?

A common pronunciation guide is:

vah aadmii hindii boltaa hai

A more natural-sounding everyday pronunciation is often closer to:

vo aadmi hindi bolta hai

A few notes:

• वह is written vah, but in normal speech it is very often pronounced more like voh / vo.
• आदमी is pronounced roughly aadmi.
• हिंदी is hindii.
• बोलता है is boltaa hai, though in fast speech hai may sound lighter.

The symbol । at the end is the Hindi full stop, called the danda.

What is the basic word order in this sentence?

The sentence follows the typical Hindi word order:

Subject + Object/Language + Verb

So here:

• वह आदमी = the subject
• हिंदी = what he speaks
• बोलता है = the verb

Hindi usually puts the verb at the end, unlike English. So where English says He speaks Hindi, Hindi says something more like He Hindi speaks.

What does वह mean here?