Questions & Answers about वह लड़की माँ के साथ बाज़ार जाती है।
What does वह mean here? Is it she or that?
Before a noun, वह usually works as a demonstrative, so वह लड़की literally means that girl.
By context, it may be translated more naturally as the girl in English. When वह stands alone without a noun, it can mean he, she, or that, depending on context.
Why is the verb जाती है and not जाता है?
Because लड़की is feminine singular.
In this kind of present habitual sentence, the verb agrees with the subject:
- लड़का जाता है = a boy goes
- लड़की जाती है = a girl goes
So जाती है matches लड़की.
What kind of present tense is जाती है?
जाती है is the habitual/simple present form.
It usually means something like:
- she goes
- she usually goes
- she tends to go
It does not normally mean she is going right now. For that, Hindi usually uses जा रही है.
Why is there if is already a verb?