"ज़मीन पर कौन सोता है?"

Translation: Who sleeps on the floor?

[JulieSingh10]

Can zameen mean both floor and ground?

[emrys29]

Yes.
Although फर्श is used a lot of times to refer to floor.

[ANANDKUMAR8835]

Absolutely

[Pramod454198]

And "land" also! But all these have a different context!

[ph.ZsrUDh]

Ya it is same

[ph.oqdiEw]

Yes that true

[karenpivaral]

I think that, at least in this sentence, they want you to see the difference between सोता है and सो रहा है।

[Nina427848]

Obviously poor people, who can't afford a bed

[ragingfire4]

Also people that like the feel of hard ground on their backs and don't like how they sink into the mattresses. Also me when I'm too tired to walk to my bed. ;)

[CarissaS103]

And campers.

[AdilShah15]

I am not poor, i do have a bed and still sleeps on the floor

[Kieran-Moore]

Whatever... ..Five-star hotels in Korea sleep people on the floor...

[ph.oqdiEw]

Uhhh no, u have a point but india prefer the ground than the bed.

[Joe986936]

Why is “sleep” not considered an “ing” form verb, like “stand” and “sit”?

[vinay92]

सोना (to sleep) is considered an action verb in Hindi so you have to use the regular verb tenses. मैं सोता हूँ for 'I sleep', मैं सो रहा हूँ for 'I am sleeping', मैं सोया हूँ for 'I have slept' and so on.

In contrast, sitting and standing are considered 'states' so we use ' बैठा' and 'खड़ा' which function as adjectives.

Note: बैठना is is an action verb but it refers to the action of sitting down and not being seated.

[Angela358686]

Very useful info, thanks. In UK you hear the same form used colloquially when people say "I'm sat" or "I'm stood". Likewise, this form is not used for sleeping.

[JanoszTiger77]

So does raha = "ing" ?

[ronniesseb]

Neha

[KingAkri]

Me when I'm too tired to walk toward the bed.

[klite123]

Which sounds more natural to native speakers, "ज़मीन पर कौन सोता है?" or "कौन ज़मीन पर सोता है?"

[vinay92]

ज़मीन पर कौन सोता है? with the कौन before the verb.