वह लड़की फोन पर हिंदी बोल रही है।

to be

Breakdown of वह लड़की फोन पर हिंदी बोल रही है।

• वह: that
• लड़की: girl
• हिंदी: Hindi

Questions & Answers about वह लड़की फोन पर हिंदी बोल रही है।

Why is वह used here? Does it mean she or that?

वह can mean either he/she or that, depending on context.

In this sentence, वह लड़की most naturally means that girl or the girl. Since लड़की already tells us the person is female, English translates it as that girl or she depending on context.

A useful thing to remember:

• यह = this / he / she (near)
• वह = that / he / she (far or already known)

Hindi often uses the same word for both a demonstrative (that) and a third-person pronoun (he/she).

Why doesn’t वह change for gender? Shouldn’t there be a special feminine form for she?

No. In Hindi, वह does not change for gender. The same word is used for:

• he
• she
• that

Gender shows up elsewhere in the sentence, especially in:

• the noun: लड़की = girl
• the participle: रही = feminine form

So the sentence is understood as feminine because of लड़की and रही, not because वह itself is feminine.

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