बारिश में छत गंदी हो गई।

to be

Breakdown of बारिश में छत गंदी हो गई।

• में: in
• गंदा: dirty
• बारिश: rain

Questions & Answers about बारिश में छत गंदी हो गई।

What does बारिश में mean here? Is it in the rain or because of the rain?

Here बारिश में most naturally means in the rain or during the rain.

So the sentence suggests that the roof became dirty while exposed to rain. In natural English, the full idea may be understood as:

• The roof got dirty in the rain.
• The roof became dirty during the rain.

Depending on context, English might also interpret it as because of the rain, but Hindi here uses में, which is more literally in / during, not the direct cause-marker से.

Compare:

• बारिश में छत gंदी हो गई। = The roof got dirty in/during the rain.
• बारिश से छत गंदी हो गई। = The roof got dirty because of the rain.

Why is the word order बारिश में छत गंदी हो गई and not something closer to English?

Hindi usually follows Subject–Object–Verb order, and the verb often comes at the end.

This sentence breaks down like this:

• बारिश में = in the rain / during the rain
• छत = roof
• गंदी = dirty
• हो गई = became / got

So literally it is something like:

In the rain, the roof dirty became.

That is normal Hindi structure. English moves became/got earlier, but Hindi keeps the verb phrase at the end.