"Who sees?"

Translation: कौन देखता है?

[Marissa321702]

Why can't it be dekte?

[Ted-B]

I agree. Who could relate to more than one person

[Malatimanjari]

Could someone reply? I am also wondering. Why is it masculine singular?

[Rodrigo188394]

Because of the rule third person masculine goes first , as in arabic grammar ,all those languages have relationships .

[OJFord]

Well, I wrote देखते, it corrected me (as a 'typo') to देखती, and now says देखता at the top of the comments. So something's wrong!

[RaajkumarMS]

It can be singular male(dekhta) or female(dekhti). But plural form??

[shemayokamaraii]

Also, is dekhti ever appropriate?

[VPGixM]

Beacause kaun dekhte hain is grammatically wrong. It should be kaun kaun dekhte hain.

[Roger423959]

agree with the comments below. the answer given seems uncertain. also "kaun dekhte hai" sounds good!

[OJFord]

I don't know if it accepts it anyway, but it would be haiñ in that case.

So obviously, in question formats where है is given, you know it's a singular 'who'.

[ULF702944]

But isn´t "who" ONE person? Eventhough "WHO" is one of many it is still ONE person...

[OJFord]

Did you perhaps mean to reply to me? (Your comment is at the top level, and the question's given translation - देखता है - doesn't indicate any plutality.)

I would suggest that 'who' can be either. 'Those who choose to...' refers to a plurality of people; 'He who....' refers to one (male).

Some general comment like 'who sees' is in English more ambiguous: 'who are the people' or 'is there anyone'. When you translate to Hindi, you have to make a choice. If in doubt, I suppose, go plural - it can't be wrong, worst case you're conveying surprising respect/formality.