स्कूल (skool)

noun A borrowing from English 'school', used in everyday Hindi exactly like the English word for the institution and building; one core sense.
Sense 1 : school (institution/building)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: विद्यालय (vidyaalay, formal), पाठशाला (paathshaalaa, literary)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: स्कूल (skool) is one of the most naturalized English loanwords in Hindi -- even speakers who use विद्यालय (vidyaalay) in writing will say स्कूल (skool) in daily conversation. You'll hear it constantly in phrases like स्कूल जाना (skool jaanaa, 'to go to school') and स्कूल से आना (skool se aanaa, 'to come from school'), often without any postposition marking location, much like English.
Common Mistakes: 1) Gender is often mistakenly treated as feminine by beginners because many other borrowed nouns ending in a consonant sound end up feminine; स्कूल (skool) is masculine, so you get मेरा स्कूल (meraa skool) not मेरी स्कूल. 2) Learners sometimes add एक (ek) 'a' where native speakers would just say स्कूल जाना है (skool jaanaa hai, 'have to go to school') without an article, since Hindi doesn't require one.
Sample Sentences:
मेरा बेटा हर दिन स्कूल जाता है। My son goes to school every day.
(meraa betaa har din skool jaataa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बच्चे अभी स्कूल में हैं। The children are at school right now.
(bachche abhii skool men hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह कल स्कूल नहीं आया। He didn't come to school yesterday.
(vah kal skool nahiin aayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
हम दोपहर तक स्कूल से आ जाएंगे। We'll be back from school by noon.
(ham dopahar tak skool se aa jaaenge।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
कृपया अपने बच्चे को समय पर स्कूल भेजिए। Please send your child to school on time.
(kripyaa apne bachche ko samay par skool bhejie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
यह स्कूल पिछले साल बनाया गया था। This school was built last year.
(yah skool pichhle saal banaayaa gayaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
अगर मुझे पैसे मिलते तो मैं एक स्कूल खोलता। If I had the money, I would open a school.
(agar mujhe paise milte to main ek skool kholtaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
क्या यह स्कूल अच्छा है? Is this a good school?
(kyaa yah skool achchhaa hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हमारे स्कूल में एक बड़ा मैदान है। Our school has a big playground.
(hamaare skool men ek badaa maidaan hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
प्रधानाचार्य चाहते हैं कि स्कूल समय पर खुले। The principal wants the school to open on time.
(pradhaanaachaary chaahte hain ki skool samay par khule।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
जब मैं स्कूल में पढ़ता था, तब हम रोज़ साइकिल से जाते थे। When I studied at school, we used to go by bicycle every day.
(jab main skool men padhtaa thaa, tab ham roz saaikil se jaate the।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): स्कूल (skool)
(sg.m.oblique): स्कूल (skool)
(pl.m.direct): स्कूल (skool)
(pl.m.oblique): स्कूलों (skoolon)