काउंटर वहाँ है।

to be

Breakdown of काउंटर वहाँ है।

• वहाँ: there
• काउंटर: service counter

Questions & Answers about काउंटर वहाँ है।

How do you pronounce काउंटर वहाँ है।?

A helpful pronunciation is:

kaauṇṭar vahā̃ hai

More naturally in English-friendly approximation:

KOWN-ter vahaan hai

A few notes:

• काउंटर is a loanword from English counter.
• वहाँ has a nasal sound at the end: vahā̃.
• है sounds like hai, roughly like high.

What does each word mean literally?

Word by word:

• काउंटर = counter
• वहाँ = there
• है = is

So the literal order is:

Counter there is.

That is normal Hindi word order, even though English would usually say The counter is there.

Why is the word order different from English?

Hindi usually puts the verb at the end of the sentence. So instead of:

• English: The counter is there
• Hindi: Counter there is

This is a very common pattern in Hindi. The last word is often the verb, and here है is the verb is.

What exactly does mean?