"Grandmother is writing in the book."

Translation: दादी किताब में लिख रही है ।

[MarcinM85]

So ह is also possible here? I thought that when talking about a mother, father, grandmother, grandfather and so on, we always use the plural form.

[Amos_7]

vinay92's explanation for a similar question on another thread...

Q:
Am I crazy or should this be in the formal tone using "hain"?

A: Not necessarily. It is not unheard of to refer to your close elder relatives with the tum-level of formality as a show of endearment. This is especially true for your mother or other close female relatives.

Of course, if the sentence with हैं is not also accepted as a correct answer, you should report it.

[GoWiP]

But.. Tum-level would use 'ho', this is Tu-level, right?
Anyway, I'll move to that thread you linked, ty.

[Kowaz]

vinay92 gave an explanation here.

[Amos_7]

I'm unable to open the link for some reason. Can you please do a favor by copy pasting the reason here..? That'd be really helpful.

[Kowaz]

Here is the link :

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/29502191

[Amos_7]

Thank you. The link worked this time around.

[MaraKara2]

It should be हैं as a respective for towards a grandmother

[PriyaSinghJatti]

Shouldn't दादी किताब में लिख रहे हैं also be correct, considering this is Grandmother i.e. a respected elder?

[linde52204]

Me too. Besides i wonder why किताब is not किताबें since there is a postposition after it (में)

[Kowaz]

किताब is in the singular oblique case. It's the same form as in the direct case.
किताबें is in the plural direct case.

[DanielSolo373161]

Isn't the plural direct case किताबों?

[MarcinM85]

That's plural oblique case.

[Sam362597]

Why is this in comparatives?