आलू रसोई में हैं।

The potatoes are in the kitchen.

Breakdown of आलू रसोई में हैं।

• होना: to be
• में: in
• रसोई: kitchen
• आलू: potato

Questions & Answers about आलू रसोई में हैं।

Why is आलू followed by हैं and not है?

Because हैं is the plural form of to be in the present tense.

• है = is
• हैं = are

So if the sentence means The potatoes are in the kitchen, Hindi uses हैं.

A useful detail: आलू can mean either potato or potatoes depending on context. Here, हैं tells you it is being treated as plural.

Does आलू mean potato or potatoes here?

Here it means potatoes.

Hindi often uses the same noun form for both singular and plural, and the verb helps you understand the number.

• आलू रसोई में है। = The potato is in the kitchen.
• आलू रसोई में हैं। = The potatoes are in the kitchen.

So the plural meaning comes from हैं.

What does में do in this sentence?

में is a postposition meaning in or inside.

So:

• रसोई में = in the kitchen

Unlike English, Hindi usually uses postpositions, which come after the noun, not before it.