पार्सल कब पहुँचेगा?

कब means when.

In Hindi, question words like कब often stay in the same place where the answer would normally go, instead of moving to the front the way English often does. So:

• पार्सल कब पहुँचेगा? = When will the parcel arrive?

Literally, the structure is something like:

• parcel when will-arrive

Even though कब is in the middle here, this is completely normal Hindi word order.

पार्सल is a borrowed word from English parcel, written in Devanagari script.

Hindi very often borrows everyday nouns from English, especially for modern or practical items. So even though the word is originally English, once it is used in Hindi, it behaves like a Hindi noun in the sentence.

This is very common, and learners will see many words like this.

पहुँचेगा means will arrive.

It comes from the verb पहुँचना, which means to arrive / to reach.

So in this sentence:

• पार्सल = parcel
• कब = when
• पहुँचेगा = will arrive

Together: When will the parcel arrive?

Hindi verbs in this kind of sentence agree with the grammatical gender and number of the subject.

Here, पार्सल is being treated as masculine singular, so the future form is:

• पहुँचेगा = will arrive for a masculine singular subject

Compare:

• पत्र कब पहुँचेगा? = When will the letter arrive?
• चिट्ठी कब पहुँचेगी? = When will the letter arrive?
  (Here चिट्ठी is feminine, so the verb becomes पहुँचेगी.)

Borrowed nouns from English are often treated as masculine by default, which is why पार्सल commonly takes पहुँचेगा.

The dictionary form is पहुँचना = to arrive.

A very useful way to think about the future is:

• verb stem + future ending

For a masculine singular subject, a common ending is -एगा.

So:

• पहुँच-
  • -ेगा → पहुँचेगा

This gives the meaning will arrive.

It is a very natural, everyday sentence.

You could use it in normal conversation, for example when asking about a delivery. It is neither extremely formal nor slangy.

You might hear it in situations like:

• asking at home
• talking to a shop
• speaking to a courier office
• asking customer support

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• पार्सल ≈ paar-sal
• कब ≈ kub
• पहुँचेगा ≈ puh-hoon-cheh-gaa

A few pronunciation notes:

• हुँ contains a nasal sound. The ँ marks nasalization.
• च in पहुँचेगा sounds like ch in chair.
• The final गा sounds like gaa, not like English guh.

A broad full pronunciation of the sentence is:

• पार्सल कब पहुँचेगा?
• paar-sal kub puh-hoon-cheh-gaa?

In Hindi, future meaning is often built into the verb itself, rather than shown with a separate word like English will.

So English has:

• will arrive

But Hindi can express that idea in one word:

• पहुँचेगा

That is why you do not need a separate word corresponding exactly to will here.

Yes, in a literal sense, पहुँचना can mean both to arrive and to reach, depending on context.

In natural English, though, for पार्सल the best translation is usually:

• When will the parcel arrive?

So reach is possible as a literal idea, but arrive is the more natural English choice.

Yes. पार्सल कब आएगा? is also natural and means roughly the same thing: When will the parcel come?

There is a slight difference in feel:

• आएगा = will come
• पहुँचेगा = will arrive / will reach

For a parcel or delivery, पहुँचेगा often sounds a bit more specific and practical, because it focuses on reaching the destination.

Yes. Hindi commonly uses Subject + Question word / time expression + Verb here:

• पार्सल = subject
• कब = time question word
• पहुँचेगा = verb

So:

• पार्सल कब पहुँचेगा?

This is normal Hindi structure. English would usually put when at the front:

• When will the parcel arrive?

But Hindi does not need to do that.

The sentence itself is already fine, but if you are speaking to someone politely, you would often add a polite phrase around it, for example:

• पार्सल कब पहुँचेगा, सर? = When will the parcel arrive, sir?
• माफ़ कीजिए, पार्सल कब पहुँचेगा? = Excuse me, when will the parcel arrive?
• कृपया बताइए, पार्सल कब पहुँचेगा? = Please tell me, when will the parcel arrive?

So the basic sentence stays the same, and politeness is often added through surrounding expressions rather than changing the verb here.