"नाना और नानी हमारे घर नहीं आते।"
Translation:Grandfather and grandmother do not come to our house.
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So is हमारे plural (because of grandfather and grandmother), whereas आते is in the oblique case (ghost postposition)? Or is it house is in the oblique case and आते is plural because of grandparents? (sorry, I'm confused)
nahin ji. हमारे is in oblique case (ghost position), whereas आते is plural form of verb.
- our house = /hamaara/ /ghar/
- to our house = /hamaare/ [changed in oblique] /ghar/ [no actual change, but still in oblique] /ko/
- drop unnecessary "ko" (ghost position) = /hamaare/ /ghar/ :)
Why " grandpa and grandma do not come to our house" flagged wrong? Is it essential to say "grandfather and grandmother do not come to our house"?
at what point in time does "do not come to our house" refer to? it seems like a general statement, like "grandfather and grandmother do not use drugs" is that correct? the english is just a bit ambiguous.
When the sentence is in negative form you do not have to use it. But you can.
There was not a word don't the answer should be grandmother and grandfather don't come to our hous
Why it would not be 'Grandfather and Grandmother does not come to our house
Notice how in English there is the word "to"? That word is not here in the Hindi sentence, but it is implied. It being there in a way (unsaid!) is what puts the word into oblique case.
"Go to" also takes the oblique.
Thank you Ranzo! You finally gave the perfect explanation I have been searching for!! Take all my lingots!!!!!
Like RanzoG said, there's an implied पर in the sentence - "नाना और नानी हमारे घर (पर) नहीं आते।" But we normally omit using it.
To further my understanding of the sentence, I have a follow-up question. In previous lessons, को was taught as "to". Would "नाना और नानी हमारे घर को नहीं आते।" be correct, too? Would there be a difference, say, with पर saying they come INTO the house proper, whereas को saying they come TO (near) the house, but not necessarily INSIDE?
पर would be more like "on top of the house" As in चूहा किताब पर बैठा है -> the mouse is sitting on top of the book not inside the book.
To say INTO, you'd use में as in वह घर में नही आते-> they don't come inside the house
So, whenever a noun has a postposition the noun is in the oblique.
A postposition is like a preposition, but goes after the noun. So, Hindi by chance only has postpositions, whereas English only has prepositions.
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Earlier it mentioned grandfather and grandmother together as grandparents and now when i used grandparents it is showing it as wrong pls rectify this
Trust me I was also right but it shows wrong I don't understand in three equations it do like that only with me my answer was right but it was showing wrong trust me
Yes, it's bad English. It would be better to say 'Are you not coming?'