"Aamir's teeth are beautiful."

Translation: आमिर के दाँत सुंदर हैं।

[lupinelydia]

Why is it that "teeth" here is "daant" but in another sentence ("Look at my teeth.") it is "daanto(n)"?

[zeebo7]

Oblique case. Whenever something is happening 'to/at' an object, it takes the oblique case.

[shemayokamaraii]

And this supercedes pluralisation?

[Elliott2804]

I don't see oblique here...

[Aaaaaaankit]

Agreed the teeth are beautiful.. Not oblique

[Gita-ji]

Correct. So here we use the direct plural दाँत, not the oblique plural दाँतों.

[CarolineQu832658]

Thanks for a bit of explanation about the oblique case. I have been wondering what that is.

[Paul.S.Han]

That's what I am saying.

[S1lverPaws]

Didn't it say earlier Aamir has green teeth...?

[Raluca579012]

That was Raj!

[Rishbam1]

I dont understand why is ke and not kii and why its daant and not daanton

[avaraana]

दाँत is plural, दाँतों is used for the oblique case. There is no oblique case here.
But Aamir's teeth is plural, so it will be आमिर के दाँत

दाँत is masculine, so it will not take की , in the singular it will take का .

[GeorgeSanthosh]

Please explain what an oblique case is with an example

[wantobefluent]

has to do with postpositions

[GiGiChicken]

I thought Aamir's teeth were green!

[earik3]

Rajs teeth are green

[ph.nW8mHu]

And GREEN is beautiful

[n4g3ndr4]

do I see a racial discrimination towards Aamir's teeth

[Prya_hindi]

Because green teeth are so sexy

[ph.z9B4Me]

Teeth is plural of tooth

[RomyDaniel4]

teeth is plural tooth is singular

[Rishbam1]

Why is it haim and yet it isnt the plural of teeth

[avaraana]

दाँत is the same for both singular and plural. हैं follows accordingly!

[Rodrigo188394]

Uups, fantastic!

[Sushila743182]

Aamir's teeth are beautiful

[Kabilavarshini7]

"Daant" is singular and "Daanto is plural. Teeth is plural so, we have to say Daanto. Why this is wrong

[Gita-ji]

"Daant" is also direct plural, while "Daanto is only oblique plural.

[Riz259553]

In a comment for another sentence, I think I understood that oblique case is used when the word "mem" or "ko" or similar is used.

"dant" means both "tooth" and "teeth"
"danton" is not plural, it's oblique plural.

Seems like we can say
"Mera dant MEM dard hai" = "There is pain in my TOOTH" - oblique singular
"Mere danton MEM dard haim" = "There is pain in my TEETH" - oblique plural
"Mere danton KO dekho" = "Look at my TEETH" - oblique plural
but
"Julia ke dant sundar haim" = "Julia's TEETH are beautiful" - not oblique
"Mere dant pile haim" = "My TEETH are yellow" - not oblique

So it appears to me that when we are referring to the quality of teeth, DANT is used.

So would it be correct to say
"Mere DANTON mem pila rang hai"?

[Vikromsing]

Hi

[mauricelee13]

I don't understand the difference between singular and plural for teeth

[Gita-ji]

1 tooth, 2+ teeth

[mauricelee13]

Simply can't get when to use dhath and when dhathò

[ph.qatsw5]

Its correct only

[JeffySoza]

Teeth is daanto not daant. This is wrong.