"मेरे पास दो हाथ और दो पैर हैं।"
Translation:I have two hands and two legs.
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The proposed solution -- "मेरे पास दो हाथ और दो पैर हैं।" -- is absolutely wrong. It could be the right thing to say only if I had someone else's severed hands and legs (or perhaps artificial ones that I am collecting, etc.). But in the normal sense, it's only "मेरे दो हाथ और दो पैर हैं।"
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The proposed solution -- "मेरे पास दो हाथ और दो पैर हैं।" -- is absolutely wrong. It could be the right thing to say only if I had someone else's severed hands and legs (or perhaps artificial ones that I am collecting, etc.). But in the normal sense, it's only "मेरे दो हाथ और दो पैर हैं।"
I think because the literal phrase is "Two hands and two feet are close to me." Since the subject is feet and hands and it is plural, we use हैं
See this link: http://www.learning-hindi.com/post/3296383844/lesson-92-%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%AA-%E0%A4%B8-ke-paas-to-have
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हूँ is used when the subject is I. But here the subject is two hands and two feet. (They are with me).
Being plural we use हैं rather than है।
Yes. Generally speaking, हाथ (hand) can also mean arm (बाँह), forearm (कलाई), and palm (हथेली).
I typed मेरे पास दाे हाथ और दाे पैर हैं Duolingo says it is incorrect. Duo doesn't like my दाे
@zeebo7 answered this on another question Are you maybe typing ो as ा+े? He was right. That's exactly what I was doing with the 'o' in do. That's why I got it wrong.
हाथ is a masculine word so it's plural stays हाथ. हाथों is the form the plural हाथ takes when it's followed by a postposition (को, का, के, से, पर...). Here there is no proposition so it stays हाथ.
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Being masculine words not ending in ा, the plural is the same as the singular: हाथ and पैर.
कान is also masculine singular and plural: ear and ears.
My answer is "I have two hands and two feet"। It was marked wrong and corrected as above by Duo । In the lesson it is taught पैर means foot। Now I know that, meaning of both leg and foot are पैर। How do I know; when to use leg/legs and when to use foot/feet ???
Another confusion; shouldn't the right expression be, 'मेरे दो हाथ और दो पैर (टांग) हैं'? as opposed to मेरे "पास" दो हाथ और दो पैर (टांग) हैं ?
As many have said, this is wrong. Correct sentence should be "मेरे दो हाथ और दो पैर हैं।"
Someone help me, I don't know it's I have two hands and tow legs, what is wrong
The debate about "पास" has been going on for two years, and no Mods have made any comment or corrected the sentence. Please fix this.
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Using got is not proper English, though very common.
And Duo also prefers the long form, I have rather than I've.
