Questions & Answers about दुकान सड़क पर है।
What does each word in दुकान सड़क पर है mean?
A simple word-by-word breakdown is:
- दुकान = shop, store
- सड़क = road, street
- पर = on, upon
- है = is
So the structure is literally something like:
- shop road on is
Natural English rearranges that as The shop is on the street/road.
Why is पर after सड़क instead of before it, like English on the street?
Because Hindi uses postpositions, not prepositions.
- English: on the street
- Hindi: सड़क पर
So in Hindi, the relational word usually comes after the noun:
- घर में = in the house
- मेज़ पर = on the table
- सड़क पर = on the street/road
This is one of the biggest structural differences between English and Hindi.
Why is है at the end of the sentence?
Hindi usually follows Subject–Object/Complement–Verb order, so the verb often comes at the end.
In this sentence:
- दुकान = subject
- सड़क पर = location
- है = verb (is)