पिता सुबह अख़बार पढ़ते हैं, और माँ दोपहर में अख़बार पढ़ती है।

Father reads the newspaper in the morning, and mother reads the newspaper in the afternoon.

Breakdown of पिता सुबह अख़बार पढ़ते हैं, और माँ दोपहर में अख़बार पढ़ती है।

• होना: to be
• पढ़ना: to read
• माँ: mother
• पिता: father

Questions & Answers about पिता सुबह अख़बार पढ़ते हैं, और माँ दोपहर में अख़बार पढ़ती है।

Why is the verb placed at the end in this sentence?

Hindi usually follows Subject–Object–Verb word order, unlike English, which usually uses Subject–Verb–Object.

So:

• पिता = father
• सुबह = in the morning
• अख़बार = newspaper
• पढ़ते हैं = read / reads

Literally, the first clause is closer to Father morning newspaper reads.

That said, Hindi word order is somewhat flexible for emphasis, but the verb normally stays near the end.

Why does पिता take पढ़ते हैं if it means just one father?

Because Hindi often uses honorific agreement for respected people, especially family elders.

So even though पिता refers to one person, the verb is treated like plural/respectful:

• पढ़ते हैं = masculine plural or honorific form

This is similar to using a respectful grammatical form rather than a literal plural. In English we do not do this with verbs, so it often feels strange at first.

Then why does माँ take पढ़ती है instead of पढ़ती हैं?

In this sentence, माँ is being treated as feminine singular non-honorific grammatically:

• पढ़ती है = feminine singular habitual

But Hindi speakers very often do use honorific agreement for माँ too, especially in respectful or natural family speech: