यह किताब मेरे लिए बहुत ज़रूरी है।

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Breakdown of यह किताब मेरे लिए बहुत ज़रूरी है।

• होना: to be
• यह: this
• किताब: book

Questions & Answers about यह किताब मेरे लिए बहुत ज़रूरी है।

What does each part of यह किताब मेरे लिए बहुत ज़रूरी है do?

A simple breakdown is:

• यह = this
• किताब = book
• मेरे लिए = for me
• बहुत = very
• ज़रूरी = necessary / important
• है = is

So the structure is roughly This book for me very important is.

Why is the word order different from English?

Hindi usually puts the main verb or copula at the end of the sentence, so है comes last.

Also, Hindi uses postpositions rather than prepositions. English says for me, but Hindi says मेरे लिए, where the equivalent of for comes after the pronoun phrase.

So English:

• This book is very important for me

Hindi:

• This book for me very important is

That word order is completely normal in Hindi.

Why is it यह and not ये?

In standard Hindi:

• यह = this (singular)
• ये = these (plural)

So यह किताब is the standard written form for .