Topic: Hindi

"वे बहुत तेज़ नाचते हैं।"

Translation:They dance very fast.

August 7, 2018

11 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/MrRoboto7

    'They dance very quickly' should also be accepted

    August 12, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/Sam362597
    • 591

    Agreed. In BrEng I think this is the only correct answer - fast is an adjective and quickly an adverb. I think fast is acceptable as an adverb in AmEng though, and probably casually fine in BrEng too.

    September 6, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/This_is_Roshan

      According to the Oxford dictionary, 'fast' is an adverb as well as an adjective in British English.

      September 20, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/whimslcott

        I was always taught that "quickly" was acceptable while "fast" was not.

        November 27, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Carissa789117
        • 523

        They dance very fast sounds weird to me. "Quickly" at least should be accepted.

        February 21, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/JamesTWils
        • 1454

        Is there any difference between adverbs and adjectives in Hindi? Could तेज़ be used as either?

        August 7, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/benros1
        Plus
        • 266

        How would you translate ''They dance too fast/quickly?''

        January 3, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/Sam362597
        • 591

        Bahut zyada tez, I think.

        May 1, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/JustinG01
        Plus

          "very quickly" is grammatically correct here, "very fast" is colloquial but grammatically incorrect (but should probably still be accepted).

          June 22, 2019
          https://www.duolingo.com/shukladhaivat17

            They dance pretty fast. Could this be right?

            November 10, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/Vivian682863

              Not really. "Pretty" is a de-intensifier almost.

              May 1, 2019
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