"जवाब दो!"

Translation: Answer!

[LittleKey]

Would "give the answer" be correct here as well?

[zeebo7]

Yeah, but that's maybe a little too literal. Imagine a movie where a guy is tied up and the mob boss is punching him and asking him to answer. In the Hindi version he would yell "जवाब दो!" but in the English version he wouldn't yell "Give the answer!", but rather "Answer!".

[KyleDelane6]

It would definitely be "answer me" in English

[JamesTWils]

"Answer" sounds no less awkward to me than "Give an answer." Generally, what I have seen is something like "Answer the question."

[another-dave]

Or maybe "Answer me!" — feels similar to the pronoun being more commonly used in the imperative in English vs the direct translation (e.g. "Tell your name" vs "Tell me your name")

[aliceriot]

I think it should probably accept "give the answer" and do that little "a slightly better translation would be" thing to suggest "Answer!"

[pussitrash]

what function makes दो here?

[JamesTWils]

It's an imperative, a command. The sentence is literally "Give an answer."

[ErfanRezamand]

जवाब javab is a Persian loanword with Arabic root

[doJob1]

Yeah it reminding me of the Arabic 'jawab' (which means answer)

[RAMASTEPHE]

Two answer or give answer

[Govind-19]

Can this be an answer
" Answer it "