"उस मकान में चार दीवारें हैं।"

Translation: That house has four walls.

[Joe986936]

Hey!
Can someone explain why we’re not using वह here? I
Must have missed a whole lesson on that topic!

[Thorsten781499]

This is the oblique variation of वह. They are mentioned shortly in the "Food" grammar part at the beginning (Quotation: "However, these are used in few categories of sentences and find no substance in this lesson other than being mentioned." This is one of the rare cases...)

[Nathan904876]

Hey I've seen a couple of quotes like this, where do they come from? This app has only ever given me questions and never lessons. Where are lessons?

[vinay92]

There are no lessons as such but on the web version, some skills come with a 'Tips & notes' section. For some reason, they are not a accessable from the app version for the Hindi tree yet.

You can have a look at all the 'Tips & notes' from the entire course here

[DonnaTaylo795477]

Thank you for sharing the tips and notes. It's an amazing document.

[ph.cKhiuE]

Yes

[Olexsa]

Please tell about differences between मकान and घर. Both of the words mean a house.

[vinay92]

'मकान' is a house, or more specifically the physical building that makes up a house.

'घर' can also be used as 'house' but it is closer to the word 'home', ie, the place where a person lives. It is used in a more personal way.

[Olexsa]

Thank you!

[ziliya]

Fun fact: "makan" is the Arabic word for "place", which as we know means "house" / "home" in English.

Fun fact 2: "ghar" sounds like Hebrew word גר (\gar) which is a verb (singular present m.) meaning "to live ".

[ziliya]

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(I hope it works this time)

[ph.JklZcg]

Yes

[Mohan.g0]

"That building has four walls" also should have been accepted as a correct answer.

[GEE_ZET]

Why is "There are four walls in the house" wrong?

[vinay92]

"There are four walls in 'that' house" should be correct because उस is 'that'.

[ShomariML]

Why is "The house has four walls" incorrect? I saw that उस could be translated as "The".

[Thorsten781499]

It is the oblique form of वह and therefore means "that" or "he" or "she".

[SiegeNuke]

No sh*t Sherlock...

[Bml416300]

Why use US instead of VUH

[ChinmayDe]

Hi

[sakib.duo]

For those who are confused with वह and उस:
वह = That is, He/she is
(For example, वह मेरा घर है = That is my house)
उस = In that ___.
(For example, उस मकान में = ‘In that house’ or ‘That house has’)

[AlyaKoz]

Why that home has four walls is wrong? Only because it is not ghar?

[vinay92]

Yes. मकान only refers to the physical building. It is actually used in a more impersonal way than even the word 'house' in English.

[AlyaKoz]

Thank you!