Questions & Answers about आज बारिश हो रही है।
Why is the sentence आज बारिश हो रही है and not something with a separate word for it?
In Hindi, weather expressions often do not use a dummy subject like English it.
In English, we say It is raining, but the it does not refer to anything specific. Hindi usually just says:
- बारिश हो रही है = It is raining / Rain is happening
So Hindi expresses the event directly, without needing a subject like English it.
What does each word mean in आज बारिश हो रही है?
A word-by-word breakdown is:
- आज = today
- बारिश = rain / rainfall
- हो = from the verb होना, to be / to happen
- रही = the continuous/progressive part, agreeing with a feminine singular noun
- है = is
So literally, it is something like:
- Today rain is happening
Natural English:
- It is raining today
- Today it is raining
Why do we use हो रही है with बारिश?
Hindi often expresses weather events like rain as something that is happening.
So: