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"Her son goes to school every day."
Translation:उसका बेटा हर दिन स्कूल जाता है।
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I just noticed विद्यालय was among the options, which is technically the exact word for school in Hindi. Why wasn't it introduced ahead of स्कूल?
Nowadays, no one uses विद्यालय to refer school. Every Indian call school as स्कूल.
Why is it not possible to interchange हर दिन with रोज़? I think they have the same meaning.
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They have more or less the same meaning, but " हर दिन " is a more direct translation of "every day", whereas " रोज़ " is closer to "daily".
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Devon ji,
I'm not sure what you mean.
This placement of the adverb, "daily," in the syntax is most typical.
Thank you very much! I was just confused because the adverb was placed before the direct object, rather than before the verb, where I thought it would go. If that is the usual placement, I will learn it that way.
Why can you not say "उसका बेटा हर दिन स्कूल को जाता है"? Is there a reason that's wrong?
The postposition को is not needed here and sounds unnatural. Everything can't be literally translated from English.
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Hmm, well it CAN be. I mean, that is a legitimate sentence. One could argue that that sentence would translate as: "Every day, her/his son goes to school." So, it would not be PRECISELY the same as the English sentence in this example, but basically the same.
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"beta" is masculine, and "ka/ki/ke" must match the gender/number of that thing (in this case, a son) being possessed.
What's throwing me off is the sentence isn't about a son, it's about her son, so I think feminine instead of masculine.
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usk-x is a possessive pronoun. Possessive pronouns, just remember, function grammatically like adjectives.
baRa beTa - big son
baRi beTi - big daughter
uska beTa - his/her son
uski beTi - his/her daughter
The "matching" of gender/number applies to the thing that follows
I'm confused about the possessive adjectives mine, his, her etc. : in English the adjective depends in the owner of the thing( e.g. her book vs. His book, respectively indicate if she or he owns the book) whereas for example in Italian, which is my mother tongue, it depends on the thing we're talking about (e.g. il suo libro which is used in both cases, he or she owns it) but it changes if it's plural (i.e. i suoi libri, which once again can be used for both genders, but indicates the books, plural). So what about hindi? What's the general rule? Anyone can help? Thank you very much
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In Hindi, like you say for Italian, it follows the object: 'tera beta', even if you are female. Likewise plural: 'mere kele', no matter my gender - or plurality!
Well... Unlike the gender, the plurality of the owner does indeed matter:
His / her brother = il suo frater = उसका भाई
Their brother = il loro frater = उनका भाई
But the endings -आ (It: -o), -ई (It: -a/-e) and -ए (It: -i) depend on the gender of the owned object/(person), like in Italian.
इस्का should be accepted as a valid translation for "her" here. Reported (2019/02/22).
How to type स्कूल on Devanagari QWERTY keyboard? I cannot get the first "s".
रकूल via r k U l is not the same.
स्कूल mdktn
Windows' Devanagari INSCRIPT keyboard here.
If you use Windows 10, you can find it by going to your language settings and changing them to include Hindi there.
Thanks. I use devanagari-QWERTY and figured it out. f can be used to combine characters. स्कूल can be typed via sfkUl, where the first f combines the s and k.
It is for the standard InScript keyboard layout:
But for Devanagari QWERTY keyboard layout it's on the f:
Is there a method I could use to remember the order of words in sentences such as this one?
I have the same question! I cant seem to wrap my brain around the process of the order of words and if anybody knows, please share your wisdom! Anybody? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller? ;)
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I believe that the order of [subject] [time adverb] [place adverb] [indirect objects] [prepositional phrases] [objects] [verbs] is common, with any additional modifiers like adjectives/adverbs being placed before each section. So an example with English phrase "Every day right here his big sister is giving cold water to his little brother in the house" would be: "[his big sister] [every day] [right here] [to his little brother] [in the house] [cold water] [is giving]".
I'm less familiar with Hindi, but that's more or less how these sentences work in Gujarati (very similar grammar).
