"We have rice."
अनुवाद:हमारे पास चावल है।
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Why "हमारे पास चावल हैं" and not "हमारे पास चावल है"? Is चावल plural? Or do I completely not understand, and this actually conjugates for "we"?
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You’re right, kaylastack. “हमारे पास चावल है" is the best translation for “We have rice”, especially when we talk about cooked rice. However, “हमारे पास चावल हैं" is also accepted as a correct translation and both forms are used widely by Hindi speakers. There was a time when 'चावल ' was used mostly for uncooked rice. 'भात ' was used for cooked rice.
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In normal conversation, चावल is used as a plural word. Also as pp65 suggested, we use भात to denote cooked rice. One would say - आज भोजन में चावल बने हैं। you can also say - आज भोजन में भात बना है। Notice the difference in बना and बने. Various dialects also have different names for cooked rice. But generally चावल is used as a plural word. चावल का दाना is used for singular rice.
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Thank you snorcack and pp65! Makes sense now! And I had completely forgotten the difference between भात and चावल; hopefully I will remember now...
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Hello, I'm a beginner in hindi, just a simple question, why ''हमारे'' for we and not ''हम''as used before ? Thanks !
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The expression "हमारे पास चावल है।" literally means that "There is rice in our possession." That is why "our - हमारे" is used instead of "we - हम".