hut
/hʌt/noun
उच्चारण हट
झोंपड़ी, कुटिया
Basic word
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§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a hut (countable noun)
A hut is a small, simply built house or shelter, usually of one room. It is countable and takes an article.
Hut एक छोटा, सादा बना घर या आश्रय है, जो प्रायः एक कमरे का होता है। यह countable है और इसके साथ article आता है।
- The shepherd slept in a hut on the hill.
- They built a hut of bamboo near the river.
a hut + made of / built of sth
Made of or built of names the material: mud, straw, bamboo, wood, tin.
'Made of' या 'built of' सामग्री बताता है: मिट्टी, फूस, बाँस, लकड़ी, टीन।
- Their hut was made of mud and thatch.
- The fishermen live in huts built of palm leaves.
in/outside/near a hut
Prepositions of place: live in a hut, stand outside a hut, sit near a hut.
स्थान के prepositions: live in a hut, stand outside a hut, sit near a hut।
- An old man sat outside his hut smoking a hookah.
- Cattle stood tied near the hut.
hut vs cottage vs shed
A hut is simpler than a cottage, and is lived in; a shed is usually for storage or tools.
Hut, cottage से सादा होता है और उसमें रहा जाता है; shed प्रायः सामान या औज़ार रखने के लिए होता है।
- The hut had a bed; the shed behind it held the tools.
hut in compounds
Hut forms compounds such as tea hut, beach hut, mud hut and pizza hut; the first word tells the use or the material.
'Hut' से tea hut, beach hut, mud hut जैसे compounds बनते हैं; पहला शब्द उपयोग या सामग्री बताता है।
- We drank tea at a small tea hut by the road.
- The beach huts were closed during the monsoon.
+Collocations 5
adjective + hut
smallmudthatchedbamboowooden
- A thatched mud hut stood at the edge of the field.
verb + hut
buildlive inburn downrentrepair
- The flood washed away many huts in the village.
hut + noun
roofdoordwellervillagewall
- The hut dwellers were moved to safer land.
location + hut
mountainforestbeachfarmshepherd's
- Trekkers spent the night in a mountain hut.
noun + hut
teabeachmudsentryforest
- A sentry hut stood at the border gate.
“More examples 6
- The saint lived in a simple hut near the Ganga.
संत गंगा के पास एक साधारण झोपड़ी में रहते थे।
- Radhika's grandfather was born in a village hut with a straw roof.
राधिका के दादाजी का जन्म फूस की छत वाली एक गाँव की झोपड़ी में हुआ था।
- Heavy rain damaged several huts in the slum.
भारी बारिश से बस्ती की कई झोपड़ियाँ क्षतिग्रस्त हो गईं।
- The trekkers rested in a hut halfway up the mountain.
यात्रियों ने पहाड़ के आधे रास्ते पर एक झोपड़ी में आराम किया।
- The watchman kept a lantern in his small hut.
चौकीदार ने अपनी छोटी झोपड़ी में एक लालटेन रखी थी।
- After the long walk, the hut felt like a palace.
लंबी पैदल यात्रा के बाद वह झोपड़ी महल जैसी लगी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ They live in a hut made by mud.
✓ They live in a hut made of mud.
Use made of for the material, made by for the maker.
सामग्री के लिए 'made of' और बनाने वाले के लिए 'made by' आता है।
✗ Many huts was destroyed in the storm.
✓ Many huts were destroyed in the storm.
A plural subject needs a plural verb.
Plural subject के साथ plural verb चाहिए।
?Which word?
Keep the small-shelter words together: hut, shack (a roughly built hut), hovel (a small, dirty place to live), shanty (a small rough house, often in a slum), cottage, cabin, kutiya (a humble hut, used for a hermit's hut).
छोटे आश्रय के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: hut, shack (कच्ची झोंपड़ी), hovel (रहने की छोटी गंदी जगह), shanty (छोटा कच्चा घर, प्रायः झुग्गी में), cottage, cabin, kutiya (साधु की कुटिया)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Mud hut, thatched hut (with a roof of straw).
Collocations: mud hut, thatched hut (फूस की छत वाली झोंपड़ी)।