"Grandfather eats apples."
Translation:दादा सेब खाते हैं।
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It's because of the respect (formality) for elders. In formal situations and for respected people (including all elders), plural versions are used in every context. For example, with पिता (father): मेरे पिता भारत में हैं - My father is in India. It's the same here.
Why are almost all the "grandfather" and "grandmother" sentences translated with the words दादा and दादी, not नाना and नानी? I am surprised these latter words don't come up more often, we also need to practice them.
Dada dadi are grandparents from father side, Nana nani are grandparents from mother side. As long as you know the meaning, you can adjust it
They are also accepted as translations, but you are right दादा/दादी seems to show up more often.
In a previous sentence featuring grandmother eating, I was marked wrong for using the respectful form. So here I used खाता and I was marked wrong again.
