"What do his legs want?"

Translation: उसके पैरों को क्या चाहिए?

[AbdulRaufH]

Strange wacky duolingo sentence xD

[BriannaBir4]

ok leaving aside the fact that this sentence is all sorts of weird, why do you need को ?

[thegreatwalle]

"को" acts here as a marker of the dative/indirect object ("to, for X"). It's used, among other things, for someone who receives something given ("I give HIM the gift"), or who experiences something ("To ME, there is cold" -> "I am/feel cold").
In Hindi, the normal way of describing wanting is to say that something "is wanted to/for" someone ("To his legs, what is wanted?" -> "What do his legs want?").

[WannabeSmile]

I notice that sometimes we use का/की/के as a marker of the dative object and sometimes we use को with these verbs - could you explain the difference between the two?

[Annabeth470564]

Hindi Duo is funny AF

[ravindersh1]

His legs want new body

[PriyaSinghJatti]

Why isn't उसके पैरों क्या चाहिए correct?

[thegreatwalle]

Is this an idiomatic expression for something or...?

[AilurophileEG]

I've never heard of such an idiom. May be the feet are sentient.

(Idle feet movie, anyone?)

[AmiSUBHAM]

No, native spkr here ,creepiest one.

[LoriHindi]

Would you actually say this????

[AbdulRaufH]

No xD , just a wacky duolingo sentence.

[HasinArefin]

Doesn't seem right

[apsik84]

since we are talking about LEGS (pl.) and their wanting than why is there KO rather than KE