"नाना और नानी हमारे घर नहीं आते।"

Translation: Grandfather and grandmother do not come to our house.

[VeerMistry]

I used the "&" symbol instead of "and" and it counted the answer wrong

[mercyberg]

I used "don't" instead of "do not" and it marked it wrong :P

[M.S.VIGNESH]

Earlier it mentioned grandfather and grandmother together as grandparents and now when i used grandparents it is showing it as wrong pls rectify this

[JamesTWils]

Is the "our" plural? If so, why? Are we honoring the house by treating it as plural?

[RanzoG]

It's singular, in the oblique case.

[JamesTWils]

So "come" take the oblique, but "go to" takes the subject/object case?

[RanzoG]

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.

[Lazrab]

Thank you Ranzo! You finally gave the perfect explanation I have been searching for!! Take all my lingots!!!!!

[LeMaitre]

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.

[asdfqwer159]

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?

[srivassumit]

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

[AnilSodha]

Is there a clear and easy way of unferstanding oblique case

[no.name.42]

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.

[MiaMannion]

There are words missing again, so it is impossible to complete the sentence. And you cannot finish the exercise if you don't. Please, Duolingo, get onto this.

[MiaMannion]

I understand what is wrong, but how can I get past it if the necessary words are not there?

[MiaMannion]

Word Grandfather is necessary but not available to click.

[MiaMannion]

This has happened to me a lot. Then I seemed to get past it and it's okay again now.

[Mohan.g0]

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"?

[Owen-Benjambavan]

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.

[RanzoG]

It's a general statement.

[jobbyrai246810]

Hii

[Sunnymonie]

What would be Grandfather and grandmother do not come to my house?

[AshokAnant]

Will you explain please?