यह खबर सच है।

to be

Breakdown of यह खबर सच है।

• यह: this
• सच: true
• खबर: news

Questions & Answers about यह खबर सच है।

How do I pronounce यह खबर सच है?

A natural pronunciation is:

yah khabar sach hai

In everyday speech, यह is very often pronounced more like yeh, so you may also hear:

yeh khabar sach hai

A rough pronunciation guide:

• यह = yah / yeh
• खबर = khabar
  
  • kh is an aspirated k sound
• सच = sach
  
  • the ch is like ch in church
• है = hai
  
  • often sounds closer to heh than the English word high

So if you say yeh khabar sach hai, you will sound quite natural.

What does each word in the sentence do grammatically?

Here is the breakdown:

• यह = this
• खबर = news / report
• सच = true
• है = is

So the structure is:

• यह खबर = this news / this report
• सच है = is true

Word-for-word, Hindi is closer to:

This news true is.

But in natural English, it becomes:

This news is true.

Why is है at the end?