यह खाँसी का सिरप है।

This is cough syrup.

Breakdown of यह खाँसी का सिरप है।

• होना: to be
• यह: this
• का: of
• खाँसी: cough

Questions & Answers about यह खाँसी का सिरप है।

Why is the word order यह खाँसी का सिरप है instead of something like यह सिरप खाँसी का है?

Hindi often puts a modifying phrase before the noun it describes.

Here, खाँसी का सिरप means cough syrup literally syrup of cough:

• खाँसी = cough
• का = of
• सिरप = syrup

So the whole sentence is structured like:

• यह = this
• खाँसी का सिरप = cough syrup
• है = is

Literally: This cough-of syrup is.

That is the natural Hindi way to build this noun phrase.
You could say यह सिरप खाँसी का है, but that would sound more like This syrup is for cough or This syrup belongs to the cough category, which is a slightly different emphasis.

What does यह mean here, and how is it pronounced?

यह means this.

In careful spelling, it is written यह, but in everyday speech it is often pronounced more like yeh. So learners usually hear:

• यह → yeh

Hindi has two common demonstratives:

• यह = this
• वह = that

In speech, these are often heard as:

• यह → yeh
• वह → voh

So is naturally pronounced something like: