फ्लैट ऊपर की मंज़िल पर है।

फ्लैट means flat / apartment. It is a borrowed word from English, but it is very commonly used in Hindi, especially in cities.

In this sentence, फ्लैट is treated as a masculine noun, which is why the verb is है in the singular and there is no feminine agreement triggered by फ्लैट itself.

You may also hear अपार्टमेंट, but फ्लैट is extremely natural in everyday Hindi.

Here मंज़िल means floor/storey of a building.

So in this sentence, ऊपर की मंज़िल means something like the upper floor or the floor above.

A common point of confusion: मंज़िल can also mean destination in other contexts. But here, because we are talking about a flat in a building, it clearly means floor/storey.

ऊपर by itself means up / above / upstairs.

But ऊपर की मंज़िल is more specific. It literally means the floor above / the upper floor.

So:

• फ्लैट ऊपर है। = The flat is upstairs / above.
• फ्लैट ऊपर की मंज़िल par है। = The flat is on the upper floor.

The version with मंज़िल explicitly mentions the floor, so it sounds more precise.

की is used here as a linking genitive marker, connecting ऊपर with मंज़िल.

Literally, ऊपर की मंज़िल is something like:

• the floor of above
• more naturally: the upper floor

The reason it is की and not का or के is that मंज़िल is a feminine singular noun.

Compare:

• ऊपर का कमरा = the room above (कमरा is masculine singular)
• ऊपर की मंज़िल = the floor above (मंज़िल is feminine singular)
• ऊपर के कमरे = the rooms above (plural)

So की agrees with मंज़िल, not with ऊपर.

पर means on / at.

In मंज़िल पर, it marks the location:

• मंज़िल पर = on the floor

So the structure is:

• फ्लैट = the flat
• ऊपर की मंज़िल पर = on the upper floor
• है = is

This is a very common Hindi pattern for location:

• कमरे में है = is in the room
• मेज़ पर है = is on the table
• दूसरी मंज़िल पर है = is on the second floor

Hindi usually follows Subject–Object/Complement–Verb word order, so the verb often comes at the end.

Here the structure is:

• फ्लैट = subject
• ऊपर की मंज़िल पर = location phrase
• है = is

So the verb है comes last, which is completely normal in Hindi.

This is different from English, where is comes earlier:

• The flat is on the upper floor.

Hindi:

• फ्लैट ऊपर की मंज़िल पर है।

Hindi does not normally use articles like a, an, and the.

So फ्लैट can mean:

• a flat
• the flat

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is very normal in Hindi. Learners often want to add an article, but Hindi simply does not require one.

Yes, फ्लैट ऊपरी मंज़िल पर है is also possible.

ऊपरी means upper / top / higher and works like an adjective.

So you may hear both:

• ऊपर की मंज़िल
• ऊपरी मंज़िल

They are very similar in meaning here.
A small nuance:

• ऊपर की मंज़िल often feels a bit more like the floor above
• ऊपरी मंज़िल often feels more directly adjectival: the upper floor

In everyday use, both are natural.

Usually पर is better than में here.

For floors of a building, Hindi commonly uses पर:

• पहली मंज़िल पर
• दूसरी मंज़िल पर
• ऊपर की मंज़िल पर

Using में is less natural in this specific context.
So फ्लैट ऊपर की मंज़िल पर है is the standard and most idiomatic phrasing.

A simple pronunciation guide:

• फ्लैट ≈ flat
• ऊपर ≈ oo-par
• की ≈ kee
• मंज़िल ≈ mun-zil or mun-jil depending on accent
• पर ≈ par
• है ≈ hai (like heh or hai, depending on accent)

A rough full pronunciation: flat oo-par kee mun-zil par hai

A couple of notes:

• ऊ is a long oo sound.
• ज़ in मंज़िल is often pronounced like z, though many speakers may pronounce it closer to j in everyday speech.
• है is often lighter in fast speech than learners expect.

Yes, मंज़िल is feminine.

In this sentence, you can tell because the genitive marker is की:

• ऊपर की मंज़िल

If the noun were masculine singular, you would expect का instead.

This is important because gender affects agreement in many Hindi structures. So it is worth memorizing मंज़िल as feminine.

Yes, Hindi word order is somewhat flexible, though some orders sound more natural than others.

The most neutral version is:

• फ्लैट ऊपर की मंज़िल पर है।

You could also say:

• ऊपर की मंज़िल पर फ्लैट है।

This puts more focus on the location first, something like: On the upper floor, there is a flat or The flat is on the upper floor.

So the meaning stays very similar, but the emphasis changes slightly.

Yes. This is a very useful basic Hindi pattern:

[noun] + [place/location phrase] + है

Examples:

• किताब मेज़ पर है। = The book is on the table.
• बैग कमरे में है। = The bag is in the room.
• ऑफिस दूसरी मंज़िल पर है। = The office is on the second floor.
• फ्लैट ऊपर की मंज़िल पर है।

So this sentence is a great model for describing where something is.