"Tall people eat."

Translation: लंबे लोग खाते हैं।

[Mark347251]

I really hadn't known this about tall people. It explains a lot.

[KohlGill]

Any functional difference between लंबे and लम्बे? Is one more correct or standard?

[vinay92]

The 'bindu' or 'anuswaar' (the dot on top of the ल in लंबे) has a pronunciation that depends on the letter that that comes after it. It is typically pronounced as one of the five nasal consonants- ङ्, ञ्, ण्, न् or म्. For instance, it is म् in लंबे, न् in हिंदी and so on. Consequently, it is correct to write लंबे as लम्बे or हिंदी as हिन्दी. Most modern style guides prefer the form with the dot (especially for the letters ङ् and ञ् which are extremely rare in Hindi outside of such anuswaar pronunciation) but you can also use the alternative.

[KohlGill]

Awesome. Thanks!

[Rodrigo188394]

Thanks for this excellent information .Help a lot!

[ph.rfkZZ7]

Short people die of starvation

[Bml416300]

Why should we use hain at the end

[vinay92]

When the subject is plural. Use 'hai' otherwise.

[Bml416300]

Why do we have to use hain or hai at the end

[vinay92]

It indicates that the sentence is in the present tense. All present tense sentences have है/हैं/हो/हूँ at the end (with a few exceptions like negative sentences where it is optional).

For example, लंबे लोग खाते हैं is 'Tall people eat' (present tense) while लंबे लोग खाते थे is 'Tall people used to eat' (past tense).

[Bml416300]

Ok i got it!!! thanks a lot.