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Questions & Answers about मैं परसों घर बदलूँगी।
What does परसों mean here? I’ve seen it translated in two different ways.
परसों can mean either:
- the day after tomorrow, or
- the day before yesterday
Hindi uses the same word for both, and the meaning is understood from context.
In मैं परसों घर बदलूँगी।, the verb बदलूँगी is future tense (I will change / I will move), so परसों must mean the day after tomorrow here.
Why does Hindi say घर बदलना? Doesn’t that literally mean to change a house?
Yes, literally घर बदलना looks like to change house/home, but in natural Hindi it commonly means:
- to move house
- to change homes
- to move to a different house
So this is an idiomatic way to express moving house or changing residence.
English uses move house, while Hindi often uses घर बदलना.
What exactly is the verb form बदलूँगी?