"मुझे पढ़ना है लेकिन आमिर को खेलना है।"
Translation:I have to study but Aamir has to play.
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" I have to study but Aamir wants to play " should also be accepted. I think " has to play " implies that he is supposed or wanted to play the game but " ......... लेकिन आमिर को खेलना है " suggests that he wants to play.
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Just so that it may help others... the idiomatic translation would be.. "I need to study but Aamir wants to play".
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Aamir has to play... that's the translation. The form in Hindi ... means HAS to.... e.g. Mujko karna hein = I HAVE to eat.
In English' to have to' can mean different things in different contexts, so it's not helpful to say anything just means 'has to'. 'I have to have that dress' means 'I really want that dress'. 'I have to study' can mean 'I need to (because I want to do well), or must (because my exam is tomorrow), or it can mean I am being made to (e.g. by my parents or teachers) and 'I have to eat' could mean any of those too, depending on the context and the way it's said. 'Whereas I have to play' makes no sense except as 'want', since no one needs to play, or is compelled to play (the whole point of play being that it is voluntary and self-motivated, otherwise it's work). So it's just a really bad example to pick. But in my experience, as someone else has said, it can mean different things in different contexts in Hindi too, just as in English and that is just the least likely translation.
They omitted the two sentences before and the one sentence after: "Mom and dad were tired of our fighting during homework time. So when we come home from school, we now have separate activities:" .... "Aamir then studies by himself after dinner."
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It is correct... but how come "I must study but Aamir must play" is not also correct. Have to.. has to.. .. must.... same same nhin?
Ameer should be accepted too instead of just aamir, its not a grammatical mistake or anything
Could this mean 'I need to study but Aamir wants (or needs) to play?' It sounds more normal as people rarely 'have to' play.
On a different topic, I have finally made my way through all the levels of all the topics — food, health, work, weather, nature, and finally MODALS and PAST 2 — and I was expecting to proceed from there. Instead, I was awarded a special trophy, a golden owl, and there is no more learning material available. What happens next?
You keep repeating the different lessons until it all sounds natural to you and you don't make mistakes anymore! :)
I am nearly there and intend to start again, hoping to remember more of the lessons then maybe start a third time, hoping to do it quicker and remember more, without clues.
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No it just is not right to translate this form to 'need' or 'want'. That is a different form: Aamir wants (or needs) to play is "Aamir khelana chaahate hain". But note: while Duo does not seem to recognise this, my teacher always taught me that to say Aamir NEEDS to study, it is this: "aamir ko khelane kee jaroorat hai" ... a specific format for NEED... "kee jaroorat" ... another example. 'I need to go to Delhi' would be "mujhe dillee jaane kee jaroorat hai" :)
Great thanks, but from my understanding of Hindi (I grew up in India and speak Hindi but am trying to improve my grammar and vocabulary), if you say 'Mujhe Dilli jaana hai' it suggest 'I have to' in the sense of 'I need to' so either would be okay translations. It seems odd to say that someone 'has to play' or indeed 'has to sleep' except in the sense we use it meaning 'need' as in "I really have to sleep" in which case either should be okay in translation. 'Has to' does suggest one is being made to - so some sort of coercion. But then I notice there are lots of differences in colloquial speech and Duolingo Hindi - 'hur din' for every day for instance, whereas most people I know say 'roz'. But then in English people increasingly say 'He was sat' or 'I am stood' but one would never teach it in grammar, so fair enough.
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Can we have a definitive ruling about the meaning of this construction - can it be translated as either "have to" or "want to" according to context?
They omitted vious two sentences: "Mom and dad were tired of our fighting during homework time. So when we come home from school, we now have separate activities:"
I dont understand the purpose of को in the sentance when खेलना already has to
I dont underatand the purpose of को here when खेलना already has the "has to" meaning built into it. Please help me understand. Thanks.
