"Raj is standing on the chair."

Translation: राज कुर्सी पर खड़ा है।

[DimiBhai]

Should this not be "stands" instead of "is standing"?

[OJFord]

No, because खड़ा is not a verb, it's an adjective. (Standing is both in English.) So it's like 'Raj is [in the state of] standing on the chair', or 'Raj is standing[-up] on the chair'.

As I've said in several other comments, I really think it should be translated as 'standing-up' to avoid this confusion (which I also had at first).

[Akash_Polyglot]

You are right brother ...but in India we always say like in colloquial langauge .

[tanu2122006]

He probably got a punishment from the teacher:}

[RubamaSult]

Lol

[CBlondie]

Can anyone tell me where to find the correct key on the Hindi keyboard (Android) for Chair? It is marking me wrong for:
राज कसी पर खड़ा है
But it's the closest I can get!

[OJFord]

Type र‍ + ् (halant, removes the inherent vowel) + स for the compound र्स

[CBlondie]

Thankyou so much! No wonder I couldn't figure that one out myself!

[LarsyF]

I took me a while to figure out the last squiggle, but it is कू र् सी = कूर्सी

[derliesl]

Am I the only one who finds it difficult to see the r at the very back of the word when its sound is in the middle? Would even be more difficult to read if it had र्सि (rsi) in it.