"You are sad."

Translation: तुम दुखी हो।

[Rodrigo188394]

Is duki for both f.and m.gender?

[AndriLindbergs]

Earlier I had translated this as आप दुख हैं, but this time I decided to be a bit more casual with तुम दुख हो only to be typo corrected with तुम दुखी हो. Funny! And since the question passed (only a typo) I couldn't report what seemed to be an error, or at least an optional translation.

But then, in the same lesson this sentence राज बहुत दुखी है uses दुखी, a feminine verb, for a masculine object राज. Am I missing some subtle grammatical point here? Is तुम दुखी हो used even when speaking to a man?

[Zesul]

दुख is not a gender-variant of दुखी: The former is an abstract noun, and means "sadness", while the latter is a gender-invariant adjective, and means "sad".

[AndriLindbergs]

Thanks for clarifying so quickly :)
So does this mean आप दुख हैं is also a wrong translation? I ask because I think it passed once.

[Zesul]

You're welcome. आप दुख हैं is indeed a wrong translation—unless, of course, the sentence you were asked to translate was: "You are sadness." ;)

[AndriLindbergs]

Yes, as I thought. Now I have learned something new :)

[OJFord]

I was expecting 'sad' to be ग़म, (having seen kabhi khushi kabhi gam) which now checking Wiktionary tells me means sorrow/grief/mourning. But it also gives duukhi as a synonym, and its page also includes sorrow and grief as meanings.

So is there any subtle difference in meaning between ग़म और दूखी, or just straight synonyms?

[CarolineQu832658]

Thank you. This discussion helps me understand more clearly also.

[Sunnymonie]

So it is always दुखी?

[LondonOwl7]

I've logged is at another point. उदास is not accepted. It should be.