Hindi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "मेरे पास" in Hindi?

Q: How do you pronounce मेरे पास in Hindi?

मेरे पास is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /meː.ɾeː paːs/. It means “to have (lit. near/with).” MAY-ray paas — two long e's then a long aa, with a single tapped r in the middle.

MAY-ray paas — two long e's then a long aa, with a single tapped r in the middle.

मेरे पास /meː.ɾeː paːs/

mere paas

Three heavy syllables in a row — long vowel, long vowel, long vowel plus a coda — so nothing stands out sharply; the phrase rides on even duration rather than an accent peak. Beginners who put an English-style stress on PAAS make it sound like an emphatic contrast.

Listen: मेरे पास

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Sound it out

me Long ए, a steady monophthong. English "may" tends to glide up toward ee at the end; hold this one flat.

re A single tap of the tongue tip, then another long e. Never bunch the tongue into an American r or let the vowel colour it.

paas Unaspirated p, long aa, clean s. Physically it means "near," which is why this phrase expresses possession rather than any verb "to have."

Hear it in a sentence

मेरे पास एक कुत्ता है।

Mere paas ek kuttaa hai.

I have a dog.

Listen: मेरे पास एक कुत्ता है।

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"Mere paas ek kuttaa hai" literally says "near me one dog is," and the pronunciation clue is kuttaa's doubled त: hold the dental closure for an extra beat before releasing. Also note mere agrees with the masculine kuttaa, which is why it is not meraa or meree here.

Where English speakers slip

The r is where English speakers give themselves away — an American bunched or retroflexed r turns mere into "mare-ay" and colours the surrounding vowels. Hindi र is a light alveolar tap, closer to the d-sound in "ladder" than to any English r, and it leaves the neighbouring vowels completely clean.