माँ बाज़ार से सब्ज़ी ला रही है।

A word-by-word breakdown:

• माँ = mother / mom
• बाज़ार = market
• से = from
• सब्ज़ी = vegetable / vegetables / cooked vegetable dish, depending on context
• ला रही है = is bringing

So the sentence structure is basically:

• माँ = subject
• बाज़ार से = from the market
• सब्ज़ी = object
• ला रही है = is bringing

Because Hindi uses postpositions, not prepositions.

In English, you say:

• from the market

In Hindi, the equivalent is:

• बाज़ार से
• literally: market from

So से works like from, but it comes after the noun.

Some more examples:

• घर से = from home
• स्कूल से = from school
• दिल्ली से = from Delhi

This is a very common question.

Hindi makes an important distinction between:

• लाना = to bring
• लेना = to take

In English, people sometimes think of both in terms of moving an object, but Hindi separates the direction clearly:

• ले जाना / ले रहा है = taking something away
• लाना / ला रही है = bringing something toward the speaker or toward a destination being focused on

So in this sentence, माँ बाज़ार से सब्ज़ी ला रही है means she is bringing vegetables from the market.

If you said ले रही है, it would usually mean is taking, which changes the meaning.

Because the subject माँ is feminine.

In Hindi, the progressive form agrees with the gender and number of the subject in sentences like this.

For लाना in the present continuous:

• वह ला रहा है = he is bringing
• वह ला रही है = she is bringing

Since माँ is feminine singular, you use:

• ला रही है

If the subject were masculine, you would say:

• पिता सब्ज़ी ला रहे हैं or वह सब्ज़ी ला रहा है, depending on the subject and level of respect

It is the present continuous/progressive form: is bringing.

This form is built with:

• the verb stem: ला
• the progressive participle: रहा / रही / रहे
• the helping verb: है / हैं

So:

• ला रहा है = is bringing (masculine singular)
• ला रही है = is bringing (feminine singular)
• ला रहे हैं = are bringing / is bringing respectfully

In this sentence:

• माँ ... ला रही है = Mother is bringing ...

है is the auxiliary/helping verb is.

In the present continuous, Hindi normally uses:

• main verb + रहा / रही / रहे
  • है / हैं

So:

• खा रहा है = is eating
• जा रही है = is going
• ला रही है = is bringing

Without है, the sentence would feel incomplete in standard Hindi.

Here सब्ज़ी most naturally means vegetables in a general or collective sense.

In Hindi, सब्ज़ी can refer to:

• a vegetable as a type of food
• vegetables collectively
• a vegetable dish/curry

So in this sentence, it often means something like:

• vegetables
• or some vegetables
• or even vegetable groceries

If you want to make the plural more explicit, you could say:

• सब्ज़ियाँ = vegetables

So both are possible depending on context:

• माँ बाज़ार से सब्ज़ी ला रही है।
• माँ बाज़ार से सब्ज़ियाँ ला रही है।

The first one sounds very natural in everyday Hindi.

Hindi usually does not use articles the way English does.

English needs words like:

• a
• an
• the

Hindi often leaves these unstated when the meaning is clear from context.

So:

• माँ can mean mother / my mother / the mother, depending on context
• बाज़ार can mean market / the market
• सब्ज़ी can mean vegetables / the vegetables / some vegetables

You understand the exact meaning from the situation rather than from articles.

The normal word order here is very natural:

• माँ बाज़ार से सब्ज़ी ला रही है।

Hindi is generally SOV:

• Subject + Object/Other information + Verb

So here:

• माँ = subject
• बाज़ार से = source phrase
• सब्ज़ी = object
• ला रही है = verb

You can sometimes rearrange parts for emphasis, for example:

• माँ सब्ज़ी बाज़ार से ला रही है।
• बाज़ार से माँ सब्ज़ी ला रही है।

These are understandable, but the original order is the most neutral and natural.

Also, the verb usually stays at or near the end.

The sign ँ is called chandrabindu. It shows nasalization of the vowel.

So माँ is pronounced roughly like maa with a nasal sound.

This is different from plain मा, which would be just maa without nasalization and usually means do not in an imperative context, or can be part of another word.

So the nasalization matters.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

• baa-zaar

A few notes:

• बा sounds like baa
• ज़ is like the z in zoo
• आर gives the long aar sound

The dot under ज़ shows the z sound. Without the dot, ज is more like j in jam.

So:

• ज़ = z
• ज = j

It is specifically present continuous:

• is bringing

That means the action is in progress right now, or around the present time.

So:

• माँ बाज़ार से सब्ज़ी लाती है। = Mother brings vegetables from the market / Mother usually brings vegetables from the market.
• माँ बाज़ार से सब्ज़ी ला रही है। = Mother is bringing vegetables from the market.

The second one focuses on an ongoing action.

Yes, depending on context, सब्ज़ी can also mean a vegetable dish or curry.

That is because in everyday Hindi, सब्ज़ी is used for both:

• vegetables as ingredients
• a cooked vegetable dish

So context decides the meaning.

For example:

• At a grocery context: vegetables
• At mealtime or takeaway-food context: vegetable dish

In many everyday situations, though, learners will first understand it as vegetables.

Yes. That is very common in spoken Hindi.

For example:

• मम्मी बाज़ार से सब्ज़ी ला रही है।

This means the same thing, but the tone is more informal and family-based, like Mom or Mummy.

Common options include:

• माँ = mother / mom
• मम्मी = mommy / mom
• अम्मा = mother, in some regional or traditional styles

Because Hindi often uses the noun itself and does not need an extra subject pronoun.

In English, you would not usually say:

• Mother she is bringing vegetables

But Hindi also avoids repeating the subject unnecessarily. Once माँ is there, that already tells you who is doing the action.

So:

• माँ ... ला रही है = Mother is bringing ...

If you wanted to use a pronoun instead, you could say:

• वह बाज़ार से सब्ज़ी ला रही है। = She is bringing vegetables from the market.

But in your sentence, माँ already does that job.

Yes, that is a helpful beginner strategy.

A rough literal order is:

• माँ = Mother
• बाज़ार से = from the market
• सब्ज़ी = vegetables
• ला रही है = is bringing

So the full literal gloss is:

• Mother from the market vegetables is bringing

This is not good English, but it helps you understand Hindi structure. Over time, you will stop translating literally and start recognizing the pattern naturally.