Nouns: definiteness (a/the) and noun phrases

Learn noun phrases you can actually reuse (not isolated dictionary forms).

Noun phrases

Learn noun phrases as chunks you can reuse in conversation.

Hindi has no ‘a/the’ articles. Context + demonstratives (यह/वह) do the work.
Nouns have grammatical gender (masc/fem), which affects adjectives and verb agreement.
Plural and oblique forms matter especially before postpositions.
Good news: no articles. Focus on the noun phrase patterns you hear.
Treat common phrases as single chunks.

यह घर

yah ghar

this house

वह किताब

vah kitaab

that book

मेरे दोस्त

mere dost

my friends

मैं यहाँ हूँ।

main yahan hoon

I am here.

मुझे पानी चाहिए।

mujhe paani chahiye

I want/need water.

मैं नहीं समझता।

main nahi samajhta

I don't understand. (masc. speaker; use समझती for fem.)

क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हैं?

kya aap angrezi bolte hain

Do you speak English? (formal; verb may change by gender)

शौचालय कहाँ है?

shauchalay kahan hai

Where is the bathroom/toilet?

यह मेरा दोस्त है।

yah mera dost hai

This is my friend.

Mini-quiz

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Which sentence matches “this house”?