A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 13

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Just like "having" other intangible things (emotions, fever, etc.), to have difficulty or ease takes the dative construction.

Examples:

I have difficulty (usually) in reading Hindi.

मुझे हिन्दी पढ़ने में कठिनाई होती है।

मुझे हिन्दी पढ़ने में मुश्किल (or कठिनाई) होगी। 

Note that the subject of the English sentence must be in dative in the Hindi sentence, and that in Hindi the verb agrees with कठिनाई (or मुश्किलor आसानी) which is now the subject.

Also note that you should use होती है instead of है because difficulty (or ease) is something that generally happens, UNLESS you are talking about having difficulty only at this specific moment.

You could also say:

For me, reading (in) Hindi is difficult.

मेरे लिये हिन्दी (में) पढ़ना कठिन है।

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000) Section