"उससे अपना सेब लो और उसे उसका केला दो।"

[AJ72T]

Wow... that took some work to figure this sentence out!

[oakleydr]

This is something a mother would have to say to her children.

[Reesha835712]

The sentence wasn't read all that naturally I felt, especially at the end.

[franzidet]

Does anyone understand the grammatical difference between "usse" and "use"?

[itisSHUBHAM]

उसे - to him/her
उससे - from him/her

[LangPhile]

Right!

[LangPhile]

use usse liya hua kaila do= give her his banana( basically, the banana that you took from HIM.)

[Georgi790731]

why is it your apple and not her apple?

[Kowaz]

अपना (apnaa) refers to the subject of the verb लो (lo).

[antoniojack]

This is way too complicated for me!

[ZelieZazou]

I have a brain-twisting question about this already brain-twisting sentence: do उससे, उसे and उसका refer to the same person or to two (or even three) different people?

Let's assume there may be 3 people A, B and C besides you and the person you're talking to. Can this sentence mean "take apple from A and give A their own (A's) banana"? Or "take apple from A and give A B's banana"? Or "take apple from A and give B A's banana"? Or "take apple from A and give B their own (B's) banana"? Or "take apple from A and give B C's banana"? Or any of those depending on context?

PS: Sorry for the headache :-p

[vinay92]

It can mean any of those (if you are pointing at A, B and C while talking, for instance)

[KirtiChopr1]

How do you know that the other person is her when there is no specified gender?

[LangPhile]

We don't.

[Gu3azm05]

Could this also be "Take your apple from him and give him his banana"

[vinay92]

Yes.

[super_gory]

I think लो could be read as "get" as well as "take"

[eik55]

This is too convoluted and not proper English.

[alihiggs]

can it also be 'from him', his ?

[Nisu478146]

Take your apple from her and give her bannana