Questions & Answers about आज मौसम बदतर है।
What does each word in आज मौसम बदतर है। mean?
A word-by-word breakdown is:
- आज = today
- मौसम = weather
- बदतर = worse
- है = is
So the literal order is Today weather worse is, while natural English is The weather is worse today or Today the weather is worse.
Why is the word order different from English?
Hindi commonly uses Subject–Object/Complement–Verb order, so the verb usually comes at the end.
In this sentence:
- आज = time expression
- मौसम = subject
- बदतर = predicate adjective/complement
- है = verb
So Hindi puts है at the end, unlike English, which puts is earlier: The weather is worse today.
What exactly does बदतर mean?