"पीटर के मामा घर आये हैं।"

Translation: Peter's uncle has come home.

[ArvindhMani]

In Hindi, as in many other Indian languages such as Tamil, we use unique words to differentiate between relatives on our mother's and father's side of the family. The word "मामा" is a good example. Coincidentally, "mama" is also the word for "mother's brother" in Tamil.

[oakleydr]

what's the difference between "has come" and "came"?

[Elliott728894]

There is a nuance in English = has come insists that the action is over vs came is more part of a series of actions. However, quite sure "came" should be accepted by Duo when translating from Hindi. I will report.

[CaitlynKaithwas]

You are actually wrong in this context since Hindi does distinguish between the tenses. The use of हैं in the end implies use of present perfect tense(has come) while without it, the sentence would translate to simple past tense(came). eg. मैंने आम खाए | (I ate mangoes) vs. मैंने आम खाए हैं | (I have eaten mangoes)

[NishaSingh923501]

It's that come means present tense and came means past tense.

[panglossa]

https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE#%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6

अंग्रेज़ी (English): uncle, mother's brother, en:uncle

फ्रांसीसी (French): oncle, frère de la mère, पु. fr:oncle

[tawseef7]

excellent

[Kanageshwa]

Why no 'ne' after the subject

[Guenter212784]

ने is only used with transitive verbs, i.e. verbs that can have a direct object (e.g. to write a book, to eat rice, etc.). Verbs of motion such as आना "to come" are considered to be intransitive.

[Olexsa]

Why not आए?

[Honmono]

If it is like future tense, the two are equivalent

[Itz_Angel_Devil_]

What's the difference between "come to home" and "come home"???????

[Tushisinghkath]

Ø₱ ÏÑ THÊ ÇHÃT

[BriannaBir4]

Why is "Peter's uncle did come home" incorrect? I read somewhere online that the conjugation of someone who "had done" something was different

[Olexsa]

with हैं at the end it's the Present Perfect tense http://www.learning-hindi.com/post/5457387996/lesson-110-the-present-perfect-tense

[SmileAndMoveOn]

Because, in this case you're not necessarily supposed to be having an argument, or disagreement—that you'll give a STRESS by putting “did come”.

[Angelic12345]

This doesn't sound right. I don't speak Hindi, but I put it in the translator and got:
Peter's maternal grandmother has come home.
peetar ke maama ghar aaye hain.
Which sounds more correct than uncle... ke maama. I'm not sure though.

[cro846409]

Peter's maternal grandmother will be translated in hindi to "Peter's Nani". As already explained "Mama"= Mother's brother or Peter's Uncle (X's uncle). Incidentally Chacha or Taya in hinidi is also translated to Uncle in Hindi. Chacha is father's younger brother and Taya is father's older brother. But all (mama, chacha, taya) are Uncle in english.

[realSumedh]

"Peter ke mama" means "uncle(mother's brother) of Peter"

[iamTvisha]

The translator needs an update. Maternal grandma is नानी। मामा is who you call uncle, or maternal uncle to be precise.

[VishakhaS]

You could say "Peter's maternal uncle has come home" to be more precise but
Maternal grandmother is नानी (nani)