"अपना काम करो।"

Translation: Do your work.

[Nina427848]

Can we also say : Mind your business?

[vinay92]

The idiomatic way of saying that would be अपने काम से काम रखो।

[shukladhaivat17]

A lingot for you... :)

[LangPhile]

Agree

[GraysonElliott]

Would the literal translation be ""Keep your work from work" ?

[vinay92]

से is not always 'from'. It also acts as the instrument case postposition in Hindi. In this usage, it is usually translated as 'with' or 'by' but there isn't a 1-1 correspondence.

For example, you have 'मैं काम से मुंबई जा रहा हूँ - I'm going to Mumbai for work.

So, the literal translation of the above sentence is something like 'Keep your work with (limited to) your own work'.

[zeebo7]

Although I don't know how exactly that would translate into Hindi, I think the two have pretty different contexts, and therefore probably different translations.

[Oinophilos]

Can this mean "Do your own work"?

[LangPhile]

Yes.

[Owen-Benjambavan]

What makes this imperative?

[vinay92]

करो is one of the imperative forms of the verb करना.

[Roni568]

Why do you use apna

[vinay92]

You use अपना when you want to refer back to the subject of the sentence/clause.
For example, नेहा अपना काम करती है (Neha does her work). The subject of the sentence is 'Neha'. The pronoun 'her' is also referring to Neha. So, we translate it as अपना.

'Do your work' is an imperative sentence (ie, a sentence that is either a request or a command). Imperative sentences have 'you' (तू, तुम or आप ) as the implicit subject. So, when we want to say 'your' which is referring to the subject, we need to use अपना.

[Lizmaben]

Is the imperative form of the verb same for all genders and numbers?

[vinay92]

It doesn't change with gender and number but rather with the form of 'you' (तू, तुम or आप) that is implicit.

If you're talking to a person you address as तू, use कर. If you address them as तुम use करो and if it's आप use कीजिए.