"Half of the people are standing."

Translation: आधे लोग खड़े हैं।

[wcraig3927]

Why is "आधे" pluralized here? Is is because "लोग" is implicitly plural?

[MayankA.]

Exactly! You would use the non-pluralized form only if you were talking about a single object or person(though it would be quite weird in the case of a person).

[Carissa789117]

It would sound quite grim is half of the person is standing.

[EmanuelAro945792]

Why is the english translation 'are standing' and not 'stand'?

Shouldn't 'are standing' be खा रहे हैं?

[PatrickMun13]

I was wondering too why the Gerund form with रहे isn't used here

[taveeshaag]

No that means "are eating"....

[AmritaNair11]

For a second it looked like, "Half people," instead of "Half of the people,"