मैं कमीज़ बदलती हूँ।

I change my shirt.

Breakdown of मैं कमीज़ बदलती हूँ।

• मैं: I
• होना: to be
• कमीज़: shirt
• बदलना: to change

Questions & Answers about मैं कमीज़ बदलती हूँ।

How do I pronounce मैं कमीज़ बदलती हूँ?

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• मैं = main (with a nasal sound; not exactly like English main)
• कमीज़ = kameez
• बदलती = badalti
• हूँ = hoon (also nasalized)

A rough full pronunciation is: main kameez badalti hoon.

Two sounds English speakers often need to notice:

• मैं and हूँ are nasalized.
• ज़ in कमीज़ is a z sound.

What does each word mean in this sentence?

Word by word:

• मैं = I
• कमीज़ = shirt
• बदलती = change / changing in a feminine singular form
• हूँ = am

So the structure is basically:

I + shirt + changing/change + am

That is normal Hindi word order.

Why is the word order different from English?

Hindi usually follows Subject–Object–Verb order, while English usually uses Subject–Verb–Object.

So: