दाल गरम है।

• दाल = dal / lentils / a lentil dish
• गरम = hot / warm
• है = is

So the structure is literally:

• दाल = subject
• गरम = adjective
• है = present-tense form of to be

A very literal word-for-word gloss would be: dal hot is.

In Hindi, predicate adjectives usually come before the verb है.

So the common pattern is:

• noun + adjective + है

Examples:

• चाय गरम है। = The tea is hot.
• कमरा बड़ा है। = The room is big.

That is why दाल garam hai is the normal order.

If you say दाल है गरम, it sounds marked or unnatural in ordinary neutral speech.

है is the present singular form of the verb होना (to be).

In this sentence, it works like English is:

• दाल गरम है। = The dal is hot.

You will see other forms in other sentences, such as:

• हूँ = am
• हो = are
• हैं = are / is (formal or plural)

So here, है is simply the normal is for a singular subject.

Good question. In Hindi, some adjectives change form depending on gender and number, but others do not change.

गरम is one of the adjectives that usually stays the same. It is effectively indeclinable in everyday use.

So you get:

• दाल गरम है।
• चाय गरम है।
• रोटी गरम है।
• पराठे गरम हैं।

In all of these, गरम remains गरम.

By contrast, an adjective like अच्छा does change:

• लड़का अच्छा है।
• लड़की अच्छी है।

So the lack of change in गरम is normal.

Yes, grammatically it is treated as singular here.

Even though dal may refer to a food made from many lentils, in Hindi it behaves like a singular or mass noun in this sentence:

• दाल गरम है। = The dal is hot.

This is similar to English mass nouns like rice or soup, which also often take singular agreement:

• The soup is hot.

Hindi generally does not use articles the way English does.

So:

• दाल गरम है। can mean:
  • The dal is hot
  • The lentil dish is hot
  • sometimes even Dal is hot, depending on context

Hindi usually relies on context instead of articles.

If needed, Hindi can add other words for clarity, but in a simple sentence like this, no article is required.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

• दाल = daal
• गरम = ga-ram
• है = hai

So overall: daal ga-ram hai

A few pronunciation notes:

• दाल has a long aa sound.
• गरम has two syllables: ga-ram.
• है is usually pronounced like hai, often with a vowel somewhat like heh/hai depending on accent.

A rough English-friendly version would be: daal guh-rum hai

It can mean either hot or warm, depending on context.

So दाल गरम है। could mean:

• The dal is hot
• The dal is warm

In everyday use, गरम often covers both ideas. Context tells you whether it is pleasantly warm or very hot.

Because दाल is grammatically a feminine noun in Hindi.

Hindi nouns have grammatical gender, and learners often just have to memorize it noun by noun. Sometimes gender feels logical; often it does not match natural gender or English expectations.

For दाल, the standard gender is feminine. You can see this more clearly with adjectives that do change:

• गरम दाल
• अच्छी दाल = good dal

The form अच्छी shows that दाल is feminine.

In very casual speech, people sometimes drop है, especially in conversation:

• दाल गरम।

But in standard, complete Hindi, especially for learners, you should use:

• दाल गरम है।

So yes, omission can happen informally, but है is the full and correct form to learn.

Not exactly in normal usage.

• दाल गरम है। = The dal is hot.
• गरम दाल है। is more like It is hot dal or There is hot dal, depending on context.

In other words:

• दाल गरम है describes the temperature of the dal.
• गरम दाल is a noun phrase meaning hot dal.

So the position of गरम changes its role:

• दाल गरम है = predicate adjective
• गरम दाल = adjective directly modifying the noun

You add नहीं before है:

• दाल गरम नहीं है। = The dal is not hot.

This is the usual Hindi pattern:

• noun + adjective + नहीं + है

Examples:

• चाय ठंडी नहीं है।
• कमरा बड़ा नहीं है।

A simple yes/no question is:

• क्या दाल गरम है? = Is the dal hot?

You add क्या at the beginning.

In speech, intonation also helps. So you may hear:

• दाल गरम है?

But for learners, क्या दाल गरम है? is the clearest pattern to remember.

The main change would usually be in the verb:

• singular: दाल garam hai → दाल गरम है।
• plural: पराठे garam hain → पराठे गरम हैं।

Since गरम usually does not change, the important difference is:

• है for singular
• हैं for plural (or formal)

So:

• रोटी गरम है।
• रोटियाँ गरम हैं।