"We are not fine."

Translation: हम ठीक नहीं हैं।

[ZelieZazou]

Is it correct to simply say "हम ठीक नहीं।" ? This answer was rejected, but i don't understand why. I thought that removing हैं when there is नहीं was fine...

[vinay92]

You can remove हैं from sentences containing नहीं only if there is some other verb in the sentence.

हम ठीक नहीं। would be a sentence without any verb (ठीक is an adjective) and therefore be ungrammatical.

[mike658920]

No!
(An example of a grammatical sentence without any verb.)

[Nidhi219131]

Stop

[Thorsten781499]

Can you also say हम नहीं ठीक हैं ?

[vinay92]

No. नहीं should always be placed next to a verb. Since the only verb in the sentence is हैं, it should go next to it.

[fH6lclhu]

Your word order is wrong. It should be हम ठीक नहीं हैं (We are not right)

[AnishaVaid1]

Yes but the sentence will not always be the exact same as English.

[emrys29]

That sounds unnatural.

[mike658920]

That is the word order I learned from hindi speakers in Fiji

[da864606]

Duolingo teaches standard Hindi as spoken in India; Fijian Hindi has a significant number of differences, including in grammar.

[hptroll]

Do you know of any resources explaining those differences, by any chance?

[mike658920]

Please could a native speaker write in hindi "We are not fine" (We are something other than fine.) and "We are not fine" (We are the opposite of fine.)

[SebastienXyz]

So केले ठीक नहीं है means that bananas are not fine?

[KyleDelane6]

I think plurals use a nasalized हैं

[priyanga_uthira]

Can you also say हम नहीं ठीक हैं ?

[KyleDelane6]

नहीं goes before the verb (हैं)

[vysh632418]

Whats the difference b/w हो और है

[da864606]

These are different conjugations of the same verb, होना. हो is used for तुम (informal "you"), है is used for यह, वह, and तू (this, that, super informal "you" respectively).

BTW you will see people here referring to both यह and वह as meaning he/she/it. This is correct-ish; what to use when is easier to remember if you think of यह as "this" and वह as "that". You can determine how to translate he/she/it/this based on the verb. (It'll also help you remember the difference between यहाँ "here" and वहाँ "there")

[Beast888XxX]

Isn't it supposed to be हम नहीं ठीक हुः

[vinay92]

It might be something like that in a colloquial Hindi dialect.
But in standard Hindi:
1. हम should go with 'हैं'. We only use 'हूँ' with मैं.
2. नहीं should be placed adjacent to a verb. Since हैं is the only verb in the sentence,नहीं should go right before it.

[KyleDelane6]

The Duolingo team is being held hostage. This is a cry for help

[Haule-Haule]

I hear people say हम नहीं ठीक हैं - why is this wrong?

[vinay92]

The standard Hindi word order (used for writing and formal speech) requires नहीं to be always placed adjacent to a verb (हैं in this case).
Colloquial spoken Hindi is pretty lax on word order but हम नहीं ठीक हैं still does not sound natural. Perhaps you were hearing speakers of a Hindi dialect?

[ph.peGjts]

Nahin matlab hai Hai Tumhara note Naat samjhe

[QueenTym]

Devs are asking for help.

[ChamalaVai]

When should we use "hai" and "ho"?

[vinay92]

'Ho' is only used when the subject is 'tum'.
'Hai' is used with third-person singular subjects and 'tu'.
'Hain' is used with third-person plural subjects, 'hum' and 'aap'.
'Hoon' is used with 'main'.

[Dony_Fony]

But the character looks rough and tough and immune though