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This feels incomplete. Aamir will give me my book / Aamir will give my book back / Aamir will give you my book etc.
The sentence doesn't specify who it's being given to, so although it's a little awkward, the translation is correct.
- 494
Agreed, but it's pretty much an incomplete sentence in English - one has to give a book to someone, or 'back', or 'away'. A speech can be given without a direction, but not, in my opinion, a physical object.
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I agree of course -- the sentence is incomplete in English. But (assuming it's grammatical in Hindi), how would you translate it? I assume it means Aamir will give my book [to someone who isn't named]. Maybe a better translation is "Aamir will give someone my book"? But if Duolingo requires that answer it will make the question harder...
- 494
I'd like to know that too. My guess is it's synonymous with 'give back' or 'return', but it's only a guess. It would be very helpful to know if this is a complete sentence in Hindi and, if so, what it means in English.
Thank you again, vinay92, for clearing this up. If it means Amir will give me my book" what would you write to make it complete?
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You can add a मुझे- 'to me'. आमिर मुझे मेरी किताब देगा
If you want to say 'Aamir will give my book back/return my book', आमिर मेरी किताब वापस देगा where वापस=back.
"Aamir will bring my book on Tuesday" - for the sentence to seem complete - since the given translation is an incomplete sentence - but as usual it is wrong for Duo. I cannot understand why we have to give the exact translation even though it is incorrect English or we cannot use a synonym e.g. "Large" instead of "big".
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I don't think "bring" and "give" mean the same thing. I'm assuming the sentence means "Aamir will give someone my book" -- and in Hindi you don't have to write "someone." "Bring" is not a synonym for "give."
