डाक शुल्क बहुत ज़्यादा है।

to be

Breakdown of डाक शुल्क बहुत ज़्यादा है।

• बहुत: very
• ज़्यादा: high
• डाक शुल्क: postage fee

Questions & Answers about डाक शुल्क बहुत ज़्यादा है।

How do you pronounce डाक शुल्क बहुत ज़्यादा है?

A natural pronunciation is roughly:

ḍāk śulk bahut zyādā hai

A more learner-friendly approximation:

• डाक = daak, with the tongue curled back a bit for ड़/ड
• शुल्क = shulk
• बहुत = bahut
• ज़्यादा = zyaa-daa
• है = hai (like heh or sometimes close to hai in connected speech)

Two pronunciation notes:

• ज़ in ज़्यादा is a z sound, not j.
• शुल्क is a compact word and can feel tricky because of the consonant cluster -lk at the end.

What does each word mean?

Word by word:

• डाक = post, mail
• शुल्क = fee, charge
• बहुत = very, much, a lot
• ज़्यादा = more, much, too much, a lot; here it helps express very/high
• है = is

So the sentence literally feels like:

Mail fee very much/high is

Natural English: The postage is very high.

Why are there both बहुत and ? Don’t they both mean ?