मैं दाँत साफ करती हूँ।

I brush my teeth.

Breakdown of मैं दाँत साफ करती हूँ।

• मैं: I
• होना: to be
• दाँत साफ करना: to brush one's teeth

Questions & Answers about मैं दाँत साफ करती हूँ।

Why is the sentence मैं दाँत साफ करती हूँ and not something with a separate word for my?

In Hindi, body parts often do not need a possessive like my, your, or his when it is obvious from context.

So:

• मैं दाँत साफ करती हूँ = I clean/brush my teeth
• Literally, it is closer to I teeth clean do

Hindi usually assumes the teeth belong to the subject unless there is a reason to specify otherwise.

If you really wanted to say my teeth, you could say मेरे दाँत, but in this kind of everyday sentence it is usually unnecessary.

Why is दाँत used here? Does it mean tooth or teeth?

दाँत can mean tooth or teeth, depending on context.

In this sentence, it clearly means teeth because people normally clean more than one tooth.

A useful thing to know is that many Hindi nouns do not change form between singular and plural in the direct case, so the form दाँत can serve for both.

Examples:

• मेरा दाँत दुख रहा है। = My tooth hurts.
• मैं दाँत साफ करती हूँ। = I brush my teeth.

Why is there a nasal mark in दाँत?

The mark above ाँ shows nasalization. So is pronounced roughly like .