"कुछ आसान नहीं है।"

Translation: Nothing is easy.

[vargasjuk]

is it possible to say "something is not easy" in hindi in a way that it won't be understood as "nothing is easy"?

[GoWiP]

Wondered the same thing.

[Pslaslripnip]

You could talk about something particular as "यह"
So it would be "यह आसान नहीं है"

[Kateykr]

Could you also say, "Kuch nahi aasaan hai"... ?

[emrys29]

No. That sounds unnatural.

[PrakharBav]

that is gramattically incorrect. since nahi has to negate aasaan and kuch both.so it needs to stay behind aasaan and not kuch

[antoniojack]

Can this mean: "Something is easy"? What is the exact meaning of "कुछ"?

[Olivier216505]

कुछ translates most often to "some", but sometimes to "something". Here it's negative, कुछ नहीं plays the role of Nothing in English.

[vkYeTZ]

कुछ भी आसान नहीं है -- nothing is easy
कुछ आसान नहीं है -- could mean some are not easy but I suspect the tone may indicate the speaker means none

[bhasanova]

would there be a difference here between कुछ नहीं vs. कोई नहीं ?

[Pslaslripnip]

The former is used as a common reply for "What happened?"
Example:
speaker1: "क्या हुआ?" (What happened?)
speaker 2: "कुछ नहीं" (Nothing/nothing happened)

The latter is used as a quantity determiner, where "कोई" means "any" or "some" if we're talking literally. So, it's used for countable nouns.
So for example, someone asks
Speaker1: "क्या वहाॅं कोई है?" (Is anyone there?)
Speaker2: "नहीं, वहाँ कोई नहीं है " (No, there's no one there)

[Meghan1991]

I'm not a Hindi speaker, so don't trust me on this, but I think कोई means "anyone" and कोई नहीं means "no one".

[PrakharBav]

कुछ नहीं means nothing and कोई नहीं means nobody

[Olivier216505]

What about "there is nothing easy"?

[PrakharBav]

the sentence does not indicate any location or place so your translation would be incorrect

[kirangarewal]

Could you say Kabhi nahin aasaan hai?

[Lander549140]

I think "kabhi" means sometime.

[vilasinisu]

I thought somethings are not easy??

[Kateykr]

This has the singular 'hai' ending. If it was plural it would have the nasal 'hain' ending.
Keep up the hard work! : )

[PrakharBav]

that would translate to kuch "chije" aasaan nahi hain

[Beth205297]

Is कुछ always accompanied by नहीं to make it negative? Does it not mean "nothing" by itself?

[Pslaslripnip]

कुछ can definitely be used as a word by itself. It means "some" oe "any" and so, it is a quantity determiner for countable nouns.
Example: "क्या आपके पास कुछ सेब हैं?" (Do you have some apples?)

[PrakharBav]

yes. to your first question and no to your second answer. there is no direct word for nothing so you have to negate the word कुछ to make nothing

[kirangarewal]

Could you say Kabhi nahin aasaan hai?

[Kateykr]

No, because "Khabi nahi" means 'never'.

[Pslaslripnip]

Correct

[JessicaSte554038]

I think Kuch bhi aasaan nahi hai would be more appropriate.

[kirangarewal]

Sorry didn't mean to post twice

[nbbarathy]

कोई नहीं आसान है . Is it not the right answer?

[Pslaslripnip]

कोइ नहीं literally means "no one"
Therefore, it can't be used in that sentence formation.
Example for using कोइ नहीं

"यहाॅं कोई नहीं है" (There's no one here)

[ErfanRezamand]

आसान asan is a Persian loanword

[RaajkumarMS]

Why is this not 'This(It) is not so easy'? What is its translation then?

[bhasanova]

"this" would be यह. So यह आसान नहीं है

[RaajkumarMS]

That will be 'it is not easy'. I eas asking about 'not so easy'

[Pslaslripnip]

It is not so easy would be "यह इतना आसान नहीं है ” or " यह इतना भी आसान नहीं है"