Topic: Hindi

"जूलिया क्या खाती है?"

Translation:What does Julia eat?

July 22, 2018

7 Comments

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    I don't know Hindi well, but would "What is Julia eating?" work here? I do speak Italian and French fluently, and in those languages the simple present can often translate into English as the present progressive or the simple present. Is that also the case in Hindi? Thanks!

    July 27, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/zeebo7

      Not quite, like Null-A said there is a continuous form. 'What is Julia eating' would be जूलिया क्या खा रही है? Taking the root of the verb (-ना) and adding रही (or रहा for boys, or रहे for plural or when conjugating with तुम or आप) make the verb continuous. As far as I know the present and present continuous aren't interchangeable in Hindi.

      July 28, 2018
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        Also, just to clarify, "What is Julia eating?" is what I responded and it counted it as incorrect.

        July 27, 2018
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        Hindi has a progressive form indeed. For this particular example here, I think it would be जूलिया क्या खा रही है? (What is Julia eating?)

        July 27, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/OliverBens1

          Does "क्या"/"Kya" - "What" mean the same as what when asking "What did you say?"

          July 22, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/emrys29

            Yes. What did you say would translate to - क्या कहा आपने/तुमने?

            July 22, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/MentuRhemP

              We put "Did Julia eat????"

              February 24, 2019
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