Questions & Answers about मेरी बहन जल्दी हिंदी सीख सकती है।
What does each word in मेरी बहन जल्दी हिंदी सीख सकती है। mean?
A word-by-word breakdown is:
- मेरी = my
- बहन = sister
- जल्दी = quickly / soon
- हिंदी = Hindi
- सीख = learn (verb stem)
- सकती है = can / is able to (feminine singular)
So the whole sentence means something like My sister can learn Hindi quickly.
Why is it मेरी, not मेरा?
Because बहन (sister) is a feminine singular noun.
In Hindi, possessive words like मेरा / मेरी / मेरे agree with the noun being possessed, not with the possessor.
So:
- मेरा भाई = my brother
- मेरी बहन = my sister
- मेरे दोस्त = my friends / my male friend in some contexts depending on structure
Here, since बहन is feminine singular, you use मेरी.
Why is सकती feminine?
Because the subject बहन is feminine singular.
In a sentence with (), the form of agrees with the subject: