चावल गरम हैं।

to be

Breakdown of चावल गरम हैं।

• गरम: hot
• चावल: rice

Questions & Answers about चावल गरम हैं।

Why is हैं used instead of है?

हैं is the present-tense form of to be used with plural nouns, and चावल is usually treated as plural in standard Hindi. So चावल गरम हैं is the expected textbook pattern.

You may sometimes hear variation in casual speech, but for learners, हैं is the safe standard choice here.

Is चावल really plural? English rice feels singular.

Yes, in Hindi चावल is commonly treated as a plural-type noun, even though in English rice is a mass noun that takes singular agreement. Languages do not always classify nouns the same way.

If you want to talk about one grain of rice, you would usually say चावल का दाना.

Why does गरम stay the same? Why not something like गरमे?

Because गरम is an indeclinable adjective in Hindi. That means it does not change form for gender or number.

So you get:

• पानी गरम है
• रोटी गरम है
• चावल garam हैं
• रोटियाँ गरम हैं

By contrast, an adjective like अच्छा does change: अच्छा, अच्छी, अच्छे.

What is the word order in this sentence?