Introduction to Hindi Grammar

Hindi grammar has a few key differences from English that are helpful to know from the start:

Word order: Subject–Object–Verb

Unlike English (Subject–Verb–Object), Hindi sentences typically end with the verb:

मैं सेब खाता हूं। (main seb khaataa hoon.) — “I an apple eat.” → “I eat an apple.”

Gender

Every Hindi noun is either masculine or feminine — there is no neuter gender. This affects the form of adjectives and verbs that describe the noun. For example:

• लड़का अच्छा है। (The boy is good — masculine form अच्छा)
• लड़की अच्छी है। (The girl is good — feminine form अच्छी)

Postpositions, not prepositions

Hindi uses postpositions — small words placed after a noun instead of before it, like में (in), पर (on), and से (from):

घर में (ghar mein) — “in the house”

What’s next

• Nouns & Pronouns — gender, number, and the full pronoun set.
• Verbs — how Hindi verbs change with gender, number, and tense.