मैं आईने के सामने कंघी करती हूँ।

I

Breakdown of मैं आईने के सामने कंघी करती हूँ।

• होना: to be
• के सामने: in front of
• आईना: mirror

Questions & Answers about मैं आईने के सामने कंघी करती हूँ।

How is this sentence built word by word?

A helpful breakdown is:

मैं = I
आईने = mirror in its oblique form
के सामने = in front of
कंघी = combing / a comb
करती हूँ = do / am doing with a feminine speaker

So the structure is basically:

I + mirror-in-front-of + combing do

That is how Hindi often builds sentences: the verb phrase comes at the end.

Why is it आईने, not आईना?

Because आईना changes to आईने before a postposition.

In Hindi, many nouns have an oblique form when they come before words like में, पर, के सामने, के पास, etc.

Here:

आईना = mirror
आईने = mirror-oblique

So:

आईना → basic form
आईने के सामने = in front of the mirror

This is a very common pattern with masculine singular nouns ending in -ा:

• लड़का → लड़के
• कमरा → कमरे
• आईना → आईने

What exactly does के सामने mean, and why is it ?