"What is tea? What is water? Who am I?"

Translation: चाय क्या है? पानी क्या है? मैं कौन हूँ?

[agape1327]

The important questions in life.

[AshtonJames202]

Learn how to have an existential crisis in Hindi!

[NagappanVa]

Profound...

[Ashrithaa_js]

S

[arjun310551]

Yo frnds i think easy on duolingo

[GajarHalwa]

The deepest question on Duolingo Hindi.

[changingbu]

Ya

[skrats]

When the hindi course wants to dive head first into existentialism. Lol

[duolingonaut]

The answer to all of those questions is "mostly molecules made up of hydrogen and oxygen". The rest of you is mostly carbon and nitrogen. These four atoms are the most abundant in the universe apart from helium (which is a noble gas and can only make you sound funny). Does that make you feel special?

I paraphrased Neil Degrasse Tyson. Look him up.

[JimmyHack]

Sometimes I wonder if Duo is okay.

[Olexsa]

What is the wrong word in my sentence?

[Nacho.Danders]

Perhaps you used the wrong characters to create that word:

कौन = क + ौ + न = क + औ + न

vs.

काैन = क + ा + ै + न = क + आ + ऐ + न

They look exactly the same written out, but only the first one is correct as far as Duo knows.

Cool streak, by the way.

[Olexsa]

Thank you! You're right.

[OJFord]

What's the difference between them? Or is it just a Duolingo bug that it doesn't understand they're the same?

[ErikaKretz]

There is only one vowel associated with the ka (क + औ). The sequence क + आ + ऐ + न has an extra vowel, and also lacks the right vowel. आ + ऐ not equal to औ.

[JoseCortes89]

I put the word as you say "काैन=क+ा+ै+न" and I get it wrong.

[ryagami97]

That's incorrect, so of course it was marked wrong.

[Jacky101000]

Duolingo used Existential question! Duolingo is confused. It hurt itself in its confusion!

[DrMrsG1]

DUO MADE A MISTAKE!?!?!?!?!?!

[Rick28818]

I only can select full words from the menu, I cannot write words myself in answering it ... (Android app, Aug 2020)

[ErikaKretz]

The web version of Duolingo has the option for keyboard input instead of the word bank. It is more challenging.

[JaeRoague]

This is how you know you've studied too much

[MassEffect-007]

Lol! Hey you watch Steins;Gate ?

[Naveen2195]

This question made me sad :(

[Fawwaz495]

I am both tea and water

[duolingonaut]

I feel like a cup of tea myself.

[GraysonElliott]

Next in the line of this inquiry is "मैं शराब पीता हूँ।"

[Lily642431]

Lol

[Nandi.Moksha]

Is this some kind of Kōan or ancient parable from India? Regardless, beautifully spoken! — तत्त्वमसि

[Sarah941553]

Hahaha best comments thread

[Landis328670]

So profound! Who am I, indeed :)

[Elaphos1]

Aah, the ancient wisdom of India...

[crisi397600]

I want Audio...!!

[Lily642431]

Welp, I'm having an existential crises by seeing this

[Pipa538752]

Exactly, that is what Wrote but do not get through

[itsshugu]

Finally! Asking hard hitting questions...

[CochiCarrie]

The best lesson in Duolingo so far.

[ThaiDollas]

Im confused about the order of the sentences. Is there a set rule?

[sivaprasad712187]

It is so tough for beginners I can't find it.

[MisakiMei461343]

Someone's having an existential crisis

[Profession381452]

Hardest one.

[manveer.jarosz]

The word bank option is buggy. Only has one kya...

[PingRobert]

I think both ways will work. Kya chai hai or chai kya hai

[shobana1256]

I have the same doubt

[Dana328700]

Is कौन मैं हूँ actually wrong or does the app expect the exact same word order?

[Dipa80]

That is actually wrong. Its kind of like saying "I am who?", which is grammatically wrong. So the order given here is correct ("Who am I" is grammatically correct.)

[BhavyaBhav4]

I dont now

[loree147154]

Perhaps the single most ridiculous "sentence" i have had to learn in decades of language learning. Did Monty Python write these exercises?