मोहल्ला शांत है।

The neighborhood is quiet.

Breakdown of मोहल्ला शांत है।

• होना: to be
• मोहल्ला: neighborhood
• शांत: quiet; peaceful

Questions & Answers about मोहल्ला शांत है।

How do I pronounce मोहल्ला शांत है?

A good learner-friendly pronunciation is:

mohallā shānt hai

Roughly:

• मोहल्ला → mo-HAL-laa
• शांत → shaant
• है → hai (similar to high)

A few notes:

• The ल्ल in मोहल्ला gives a doubled l sound.
• The ा gives a long aa sound.
• शांत is often said smoothly as shaant.

What is each word doing in the sentence?

The sentence breaks down like this:

• मोहल्ला = the neighborhood / locality
  
  • this is the subject
• शांत = quiet / calm / peaceful
  
  • this is describing the subject
• है = is
  
  • this is the present-tense form of to be

So the structure is:

subject + description + है

Why is there no word for the in this sentence?

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