यह डाकघर है।

A natural pronunciation is:

• यह → yah or often yeh in everyday speech
• डाकघर → daak-ghar
• है → hai

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

yah daak-ghar hai

A few pronunciation notes:

• ड is a retroflex d, said with the tongue curled back a little.
• आ in डाक is a long aa sound, like father.
• घ in घर is a breathy gh sound, not the hard English g in go.
• ै in है sounds like ai in air, though the exact Hindi vowel is a bit different.

यह means this.

It is used for something close to the speaker, just like English this. In many situations, it can also mean he, she, or it when referring to someone or something nearby.

Examples:

• यह घर है। → This is a house.
• यह मेरा दोस्त है। → This is my friend.

Its opposite is वह, which usually means that.

Hindi often uses a different sentence order from English.

English:

• This is a post office.

Hindi:

• This post office is.

So यह डाकघर है is literally:

• यह = this
• डाकघर = post office
• है = is

Hindi usually puts the verb at or near the end of the sentence. That is very normal.

डाकघर means post office.

It is a compound word:

• डाक = post, mail
• घर = house, home

So literally it is something like mail-house, which Hindi uses for post office.

This kind of compound is very common in Hindi.

है means is.

It is the present-tense form of the verb to be used with a singular subject in sentences like this.

So in यह डाकघर है, है tells you:

• the sentence is in the present
• the subject is singular
• it means is

Compare:

• यह डाकघर है। → This is a post office.
• ये डाकघर हैं। → These are post offices.

Here, हैं is the plural form.

Hindi usually does not use articles the way English does.

So डाकघर can mean:

• a post office
• the post office

The exact meaning depends on context.

That means यह डाकघर है could be understood as:

• This is a post office
• This is the post office

If you really want to emphasize one post office, Hindi can use एक:

• यह एक डाकघर है। → This is a post office.

But in many everyday sentences, एक is not necessary.

Not always in everyday speech.

In careful, standard written Hindi, the form is यह. But in actual conversation, many speakers say something closer to ये for singular this.

So you may hear:

• यह डाकघर है।
• ये डाकघर है।

Both can refer to this post office in speech, though यह is the standard written form.

This happens with वह too, which is often pronounced more like वो in conversation.

This is a very common learner question because Hindi usage varies between formal grammar and everyday speech.

In traditional grammar:

• यह = this, he/she/it nearby, singular
• ये = these, they nearby, plural

But in everyday spoken Hindi:

• ये is often also used for singular this

So:

• यह डाकघर है। → standard written Hindi
• ये डाकघर है। → very common spoken Hindi

If you are learning formal written Hindi, use यह here. If you are listening to native speakers, do not be surprised to hear ये instead.

Sometimes, in context, yes.

Literally, यह डाकघर है means This is the post office or This is a post office.

But if someone is pointing at a building while helping you find it, the natural English translation might be:

• Here is the post office.
• This is the post office.

So the most literal meaning is still built around this, but context can make the best English translation slightly different.

You would usually say:

वह डाकघर है।

Here:

• वह = that
• डाकघर = post office
• है = is

So the contrast is:

• यह डाकघर है। → This is a post office.
• वह डाकघर है। → That is a post office.

In everyday speech, वह is often pronounced वो.

It is written in Devanagari, the script used for Hindi.

Here is a rough breakdown:

• यह

  • य = ya
  • ह = ha

• डाकघर

  • डा = daa
  • क = ka
  • घ = gha
  • र = ra

• है

  • ह = ha
  • ै changes the vowel to make hai

A very important point: Hindi script is generally more phonetic than English spelling. Once you learn the letters and vowel signs, pronunciation becomes much easier to predict.

In standard Hindi, for a simple sentence like this, you normally keep है.

So the correct full sentence is:

यह डाकघर है।

If you say only:

यह डाकघर

it sounds incomplete in standard Hindi, like saying this post office without finishing the sentence.

In very informal speech, people sometimes drop forms of to be in certain contexts, but as a learner, you should include है here.

Yes. It is a completely natural and correct sentence.

It works well when:

• pointing to a building
• identifying a place
• teaching vocabulary
• answering a question like What is this?

For example:

• यह क्या है? → What is this?
• यह डाकघर है। → This is a post office.

So it is short, simple, and very commonly understandable Hindi.