मेरे पास अच्छी खबर है।

Hindi often expresses possession with a structure that literally means near me or with me.

• मेरे = my / of me
• पास = near, with, in someone’s possession

So मेरे पास अच्छी खबर है literally feels like:

Near me is good news
which naturally means
I have good news

This is a very common Hindi pattern:

• मेरे पास समय है। = I have time.
• उसके पास पैसा है। = He/She has money.
• हमारे पास गाड़ी है। = We have a car.

Hindi usually does not use a direct equivalent of the English verb to have in sentences like this.

Because मेरे is the form used before the postposition पास.

In Hindi, words like पास, से, में, पर are often called postpositions. When a pronoun comes before a postposition, it usually changes form.

So:

• मैं = I
• मेरा = my
• मेरे पास = with me / near me / in my possession

This is similar to other pronoun changes:

• मैं → मुझसे = from me / than me
• मैं → मुझे = to me
• मैं → मेरे पास = with me

So मेरे पास is a fixed and very common combination.

पास basically means near or close by, but in many sentences it extends to the idea of having something with you or in your possession.

Examples:

• मेरे पास किताब है। = I have a book.
• उसके पास फोन है। = He/She has a phone.
• स्कूल मेरे पास है। = The school is near me / close to where I am.

So in your sentence, पास does not just mean physical closeness. It means that the good news is with me, so to speak.

Because अच्छी must agree with खबर, and खबर is feminine.

Hindi adjectives often change form to match the gender and number of the noun.

Here:

• अच्छा = good (masculine singular)
• अच्छी = good (feminine singular)
• अच्छे = good (masculine plural, or masculine singular in some oblique contexts)

Since खबर is feminine singular, you say:

• अच्छी खबर = good news

Compare:

• अच्छा लड़का = good boy
• अच्छी लड़की = good girl
• अच्छी किताब = good book

In Hindi, खबर is a normal countable noun meaning news, piece of news, or report depending on context.

In this sentence, अच्छी खबर is singular:

• खबर = a piece of news / news item
• अच्छी खबर = good news

English news looks plural, but grammatically it acts singular in English too:
The news is good.

Hindi simply uses खबर as a regular noun, so I have good news can be expressed as मेरे पास अच्छी खबर है.

If you want to make the singular idea more explicit, you can also say:

• मेरे पास एक अच्छी खबर है। = I have one / a piece of good news.

है is the present-tense form of to be for singular subjects in sentences like this.

The structure is:

मेरे पास + अच्छी खबर + है

Literally: With me + good news + is

Hindi usually keeps the verb at the end, so है completes the sentence.

Compare:

• मेरे पास किताब है। = I have a book.
• उसके पास समय है। = He/She has time.
• यह अच्छी खबर है। = This is good news.

Without है, the sentence would sound incomplete in normal standard Hindi.

Yes, absolutely.

Adding एक makes it more like:

• I have a piece of good news
• I have one bit of good news

So the difference is:

• मेरे पास अच्छी खबर है। = I have good news.
• मेरे पास एक अच्छी खबर है। = I have a piece of good news / one good piece of news.

Both are natural. The version without एक is often slightly more general.

The most natural neutral order is:

मेरे पास अच्छी खबर है।

Hindi is fairly flexible, but changing the order usually changes the emphasis.

For example:

• अच्छी खबर मेरे पास है।
  Possible, but it sounds more marked, as if emphasizing the good news is with me.

• मेरे पास खबर अच्छी है।
  This is much less natural for this meaning.

For learners, the safest pattern is:

[possessor] + पास + [thing possessed] + है

Examples:

• मेरे पास पैसा है।
• उसके पास समय है।
• हमारे पास एक मौका है।

The sentence itself is already neutral and polite enough in most situations. What changes is the pronoun.

Examples:

• मेरे पास अच्छी खबर है। = I have good news.
• आपके पास अच्छी खबर है। = You have good news.
• उनके पास अच्छी खबर है। = He/She/They have good news.
  Also used respectfully for he/she.

If you want to say I have good news for you, a very common sentence is:

• मेरे पास आपके लिए अच्छी खबर है।

A natural pronunciation is roughly:

mere paas achchhii khabar hai

A more helpful breakdown:

• मेरे = may-ray
• पास = paas (long aa sound)
• अच्छी = uch-chhee or ach-chhee depending on accent/style
• खबर = kha-bur or kha-bar
  The ख is an aspirated k sound, not exactly like plain English k
• है = often sounds like hai or a shorter heh in fast speech

A smooth full pronunciation: may-ray paas uch-chhee kha-bar hai

Yes. In everyday English, I have good news and I’ve got good news are very close, and this Hindi sentence can match that conversational feeling.

So मेरे पास अच्छी खबर है। can naturally fit situations where an English speaker might say:

• I have good news.
• I’ve got good news.
• I’ve got some good news.

If you want to sound especially natural in spoken Hindi, you might also hear:

• मेरे पास एक अच्छी खबर है।
• अच्छी खबर है।
  when the subject is obvious from context

No. खबर is common, natural, and very useful in everyday Hindi. But there are other words too.

For example:

• खबर = news, report, piece of news
• समाचार = news, more formal
• सूचना = information, notice, information update

In everyday conversation, अच्छी खबर is very common and idiomatic for good news.

So for a learner, this sentence is a very good one to remember exactly as it is:

मेरे पास अच्छी खबर है।