"दीवारें देख रही हैं।"

Translation: The walls are watching.

[Rago640958]

As someone who spoke Hindi at home, this is idiomatic, but extremely awkward.
It basically means the house is haunted or someone has cast some evil eye on it, very weird to put in a language course, but ok.
Don't kill me duo

[tanu2122006]

scary duo>_< û

[GEE_ZET]

In the Armenian language we have an expression "The walls have ears", meaning "someone might be listening to us". Perhaps दीवारें देख रही हैं means "Someone might be watching us".

[vinay92]

In Hindi as well. The expression 'दीवारों के भी कान होते हैं'-'Even walls have ears' is quite common.

I have never heard the idiom about walls watching you before.

[SemParithi]

May be an update expression after CCTV penetration. Lol

[joel_ramanan]

In Portuguese language as well. :)

[Komah311]

We use that one in English too; at least, it's a common saying around my workplace

[Muraka3]

In Japanese, too.

[ZelieZazou]

And in French too ^^

[Malatimanjari]

And in German too :)

[Danni808501]

Add Hungarian too to the list :)

[MassEffect-007]

Ooh , what a long list

[vyX2dK6g]

This is an appropriate explanation..

[Norman570214]

this is from the people who told you that elephant's don't eat grass

[DeniMo6]

Or that cows drink tea!^)

[Kerry707667]

This is an unusual sentence in English.

[zeebo7]

I think they are going for the expression "the walls have eyes".

[AnUnicorn]

Or the house is haunted.

[VIJAYRAMPE1]

In the idiomatic sense. Indeed, many walls have surveillance "eyes" today.

[ErfanRezamand]

In Persian there is a proverb says the wall has mouse and the mouse has ear

[DmitrijSil]

I think this course can be a trouble for (only-)English speakers as there is no exact match for phrases and structures. For other languages it may make sense with exact translation or by close analogy.

[VIJAYRAMPE1]

As English speakers we can find the close meaning of awkward-sounding sentences. Expecting precise English translation is what creates frustration. I'm grateful for this generous course. I do intend to supplement it with further Hindi courses that teach me to better speak the language.

[vyX2dK6g]

Good point.

[GEE_ZET]

Vijairampe1, did you find other Hindi courses? If yes, pls, share with me. I have reached level 25 of this course in Duo, and am interested in further developing my Hindi language skills through other courses.

[Abhilash.V3]

What is that mean?

[Akiruuuuuuuuu]

It refers to a place where someone is watching you at all times. It is meant to be an idiom.

[KohlGill]

The first word sounds like दीवारे not दीवारें. Reporting incorrect audio. Could be a dialect thing.

[ErfanRezamand]

दीवारें divar دیوار is a persian loanword

[pradeepan90]

Why not "dek rahe hai". Is it because the diwar is feminine?

[vinay92]

Yes

[BNBoro]

Its like .. I am a fish.. Issue is construction of words or sentence correctly ..right due? Even it may not have correct meaning.

[kanika_4287]

How is it possible how can a wall seee

[EthanJose10]

It's an idiom that means that someone might be watching you

[studiodesigner]

Lol