मेरे पास अभी जवाब नहीं है।

I do not have an answer right now.

Breakdown of मेरे पास अभी जवाब नहीं है।

• मैं: I
• होना: to be
• नहीं: not
• अभी: now

Questions & Answers about मेरे पास अभी जवाब नहीं है।

Why does Hindi say मेरे पास for I have instead of using a verb like have?

Hindi usually does not use a main verb equivalent to English have in sentences like this. Instead, it often expresses possession with:

X के/की/का पास Y है
literally something like Y is near X

So:

• मेरे पास जवाब है = I have an answer
• मेरे पास अभी जवाब नहीं है = I do not have an answer right now

Here, पास literally means near/by, but in this structure it means in someone’s possession / available to someone.

Why is it मेरे पास, not मेरा पास or मैं पास?

Because पास is used with the oblique form of the pronoun.

With postpositions in Hindi, pronouns usually change form:

• मैं = I
• मेरे = oblique form used before some postpositions
• मेरे पास = with me / in my possession

So:

• मैं by itself
• मेरे पास after the postposition पास

That is why मैं पास and मेरा पास are not correct here.

What exactly does पास mean in this sentence?