वह लड़की टीवी देख रही है।

वह can mean both he/she and that, depending on context.

In this sentence, because the next word is लड़की (girl), the whole phrase वह लड़की most naturally means that girl. In English, depending on the situation, it may also be translated more naturally as she if the girl is already understood from context.

A key point for English speakers: Hindi third-person pronouns do not normally distinguish he and she.

Hindi usually does not mark natural gender in third-person pronouns the way English does. The word वह can refer to he, she, or that.

Instead, you often figure it out from:

• the noun used, such as लड़की (girl),
• verb agreement, such as रही showing feminine,
• or the wider context.

So Hindi often leaves gender to be understood indirectly rather than with a separate pronoun.

Hindi normally uses Subject–Object–Verb order, while English usually uses Subject–Verb–Object.

So:

• वह लड़की = the subject
• टीवी = the object
• देख रही है = the verb phrase

That is why the verb comes at the end:

• English: The girl is watching TV
• Hindi: The girl TV watching is

That final English version sounds unnatural, but it helps show the Hindi structure.

देख रही है is the present progressive or present continuous form: is watching.

It is built like this:

• देख = verb stem from देखना (to see/watch)
• रही = progressive participle, here feminine singular
• है = is

So together:

• देख रही है = is watching

This pattern is very common in Hindi:

• कर रहा है = is doing
• जा रही है = is going
• पढ़ रहे हैं = are reading

Because the subject is feminine singular: लड़की.

In this kind of sentence, the progressive part agrees with the subject:

• masculine singular: रहा
• feminine singular: रही
• plural / respectful: रहे

So:

• वह लड़का टीवी देख रहा है। = The boy is watching TV.
• वह लड़की टीवी देख रही है। = The girl is watching TV.

The feminine noun लड़की is what triggers रही.

है is the auxiliary verb is.

In Hindi progressive sentences, you usually need:

• main verb stem
• रहा / रही / रहे
• a form of होना (to be)

So:

• देख रही है = is watching

If you remove है, the sentence sounds incomplete in standard Hindi.

Compare:

• मैं पढ़ रहा हूँ। = I am reading.
• वह खेल रही है। = She is playing.
• वे आ रहे हैं। = They are coming.

Because टीवी here is a direct object, and Hindi often leaves direct objects unmarked when they are inanimate or general/non-specific.

So:

• टीवी देख रही है = is watching TV

You often use को with:

• people
• specific animate objects
• some definite/specific objects, depending on style and meaning

For example:

• मैं राम को देख रहा हूँ। = I am looking at Ram.

But with TV, film, book, etc., no को is very common:

• फ़िल्म देख रहा हूँ
• किताब पढ़ रही है
• टीवी देख रही है

Yes, but it means something different.

• वह लड़की टीवी देख रही है। = The girl is watching TV right now.
• वह लड़की टीवी देखती है। = The girl watches TV / does watch TV / watches TV habitually

So:

• देख रही है = ongoing action now
• देखती है = habitual or general action

This is a very important distinction in Hindi.

Yes, often it can.

You could say:

• लड़की टीवी देख रही है।

That still means The girl is watching TV.

Hindi often drops pronouns when the meaning is clear from context. However, keeping वह can help point out a particular person:

• that girl
• she
• the girl over there

So both are possible, but वह adds a sense of reference or emphasis.

लड़की is commonly transliterated as laṛkī.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• ल = l
• ड़ = a retroflex r/flapped sound, written ṛ
• की = kee

So it sounds roughly like luh-rkee or lud-kee, depending on accent and how exact your pronunciation is.

The letter ड़ is different from plain ड. It represents a flapped retroflex sound that English does not have exactly. Learners usually improve this with listening and repetition.

A simple transliteration is:

vah laṛkī ṭīvī dekh rahī hai

But in everyday speech, वह is often pronounced more like voh than vah.

So a natural spoken version is often close to:

voh laṛkī ṭīvī dekh rahī hai

Word-by-word:

• वह / वो = voh
• लड़की = laṛkī
• टीवी = ṭīvī
• देख = dekh
• रही = rahī
• है = hai

Literally, वह लड़की is that girl.

But in real translation, it may be rendered as:

• that girl
• the girl
• sometimes even she

The best English choice depends on context. Hindi uses demonstratives like यह and वह more broadly than English uses this and that in some situations.

So do not expect a one-to-one match every time.

The auxiliary and the progressive form would change.

For example:

• वे लड़कियाँ टीवी देख रही हैं। = Those girls are watching TV.

Notice the changes:

• है becomes हैं
• the pronoun may become वे
• with feminine plural subjects, you will often still see रही before हैं in this kind of sentence

Another common example:

• लड़के टीवी देख रहे हैं। = The boys are watching TV.

Here रहे is used because the subject is masculine plural.