आज बिजली नहीं है।

to be

Breakdown of आज बिजली नहीं है।

• आज: today
• नहीं: not
• बिजली: electricity

Questions & Answers about आज बिजली नहीं है।

What does आज बिजली नहीं है। mean naturally in English?

A natural translation is There is no electricity today or The power is out today.

Literally, it is closer to:

• आज = today
• बिजली = electricity / power
• नहीं है = is not / there is not

So the full sentence is basically Today, there is no electricity.

What does आज mean, and why is it at the beginning?

आज means today.

It often comes at the beginning of a Hindi sentence to set the time frame right away:

• आज बिजली नहीं है। = Today, there is no electricity.

This is very natural in Hindi. Hindi often puts time words like आज (today), कल (tomorrow/yesterday), अब (now) near the beginning.

What exactly does बिजली mean here?

बिजली literally means electricity. In everyday speech, though, it very often means electrical power / the power supply.

So in this sentence, बिजली नहीं है usually means:

• There is no electricity
• The power is out
• We don’t have power

It does not usually mean electricity as an abstract scientific concept here. It refers to the practical everyday supply of electricity.