मेरी दोस्त आज बिज़ी है।

to be

Breakdown of मेरी दोस्त आज बिज़ी है।

• मेरा: my
• दोस्त: friend
• आज: today

Questions & Answers about मेरी दोस्त आज बिज़ी है।

Why is it मेरी and not मेरा?

मेरी agrees with दोस्त here in the sense of female friend.

In Hindi, words like मेरा / मेरी / मेरे change to match the gender and number of the noun they describe.

• मेरा दोस्त = my male friend
• मेरी दोस्त = my female friend

So in this sentence, मेरी दोस्त tells you the friend is female.

Does दोस्त itself mean a female friend here?

Yes, in this sentence दोस्त refers to a female friend, because of मेरी.

A useful thing to know is that दोस्त often keeps the same form whether the friend is male or female. The surrounding words tell you the gender:

• मेरा दोस्त = my male friend
• मेरी दोस्त = my female friend

So the noun दोस्त does not change, but the possessive word does.

Why doesn’t बिज़ी change for a female subject?

Because बिज़ी is a borrowed word from English, and in everyday Hindi it usually stays the same regardless of gender.

So you can say:

• मेरा दोस्त बिज़ी है।
• मेरी दोस्त बिज़ी है।

In both cases, बिज़ी stays बिज़ी.

This is different from many native Hindi adjectives, which often change form. For example: