"Raj does not like potatoes."
Translation:राज को आलू पसंद नहीं हैं।
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को = "to"
/raj-TO/ potatoes/ pleasing/ not/ are/ >
potatoes are not pleasing TO Raj
पसंद is an adjective, not a verb; नहीं generally goes before the verb (although admittedly not always).
I wonder if है is more acceptable instead of हैं, bearing in mind that आलू in singular is the generalisation for "potatoes"?
This sentence breaks down like this:
/Raj-to/ potatoes/ pleasing/ not/ ARE/ > "potatoes ARE not pleasing to Raj"
हैं represents the plural form, "are."
I don't see any problem, however, by treating "aalu" as singular. That is also possible in Hindi. So है also makes sense. Just make sure that you are referring to potato(es), not to Raj.
राज को आलू नहीं पसंद हैं is also accepted. Does the placement of नहीं subtly change the meaning?
I don't understans why ko is uswd here and not in other sentenxes which are very similar.
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तुझे = तुझ को (declension of तू).
We don't say Raj-e, so we have to use Raj ko.
Pronouns use the -e ending in this situation.
Nouns use ko.
Is हैं required at the end? I thought i could omit it in negative sentences
On the phone app the speaker icon in this discussion is playing the english sentence instead of the hindi one.
