"ये लोग मेरी बात नहीं सुनते हैं।"

Translation: These people do not listen to me.

[VishnuPrasadK]

True, I've told them to stop making people cry. They don't listen. :(

[Signorellos]

मेरी बात - it is an interesting construction, could you explain it to me?

[Paperadder]

"meeri baath" means "my talk". It could very well be omitted; Duolingo only omitted it in the translation.

[laks_me]

बात is feminine in gender so 'मेरी' बात is used. You will get a hold of the word-gender through consistent practice.

[Viv1891]

Baat .... the connotation is deeper than merely a talk or telling. Here the "Baat" is being used as a Noun, it has implied depth attached to it.

Since "Baat" is feminine it is preceded by meri indicating the gender as well as possessive case.... similar to "Meine" in Deutsch.

[ArunavaC]

Gender. Like in Spanish or some other languages, everything in Hindi, from words to cars, has a gender. Hence, my words become मेरी बात।

[Paperadder]

Sarcasm at its best

[jhon405826]

yep

[M_A_Ashraf]

Is it wrong/unusual to say "ये लोग मुझे नहीं सुनते हैं"?

[Maheshwara19]

Looks good to me

[Chamodick]

In simple present tense you can't use हैं with negative sentences..