"Raj does not like potatoes."

Translation: राज को आलू पसंद नहीं हैं।

[devm33]

Why is को used here?

[RanzoG]

को = "to"

/raj-TO/ potatoes/ pleasing/ not/ are/ >

potatoes are not pleasing TO Raj

[MarvinStarvin]

Then how come it is not like this in other sentences?

[devm33]

Ah ok, thanks!

[Marissa321702]

don't get why nahi is after pasand.

[GraysonElliott]

पसंद is an adjective, not a verb; नहीं generally goes before the verb (although admittedly not always).

[radimnavyan]

I wonder if है is more acceptable instead of हैं, bearing in mind that आलू in singular is the generalisation for "potatoes"?

[RanzoG]

I agree that it is possible! See my comment above.

[neil.shah__]

Why is it हैं and not है?

[RanzoG]

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.

[aliceleung3]

Is हैं required at the end? I thought i could omit it in negative sentences

[Owen-Benjambavan]

On the phone app the speaker icon in this discussion is playing the english sentence instead of the hindi one.