"हम सड़क से आयेंगे ।"

Translation: We will come by the road.

[KRISHENDAT]

More common English use is "We will come by road" - as distinct, for example, from "by rail" or "by air". Happily this is also accepted as correct by Duolingo

[VZbLAexr]

Duolingo did not accept this for me. "We will come by the road" means we will be close to the road - a quite different meaning. Which is correct?

[vinay92]

'By road' is what is intended.
The Hindi sentence does not mean that we will be close to the road.

[VZbLAexr]

Thanks. Duolingo needs to change this, then.

[SecretAgentGirl]

Why is it wrong to say, "We will come from the road"?

[Shubhani_M]

This is very confusing in English.

[Mark701895]

I answered "We will come on the road". Should this have been accepted?

[vinay92]

on the road=सड़क पर

[hptroll]

What about "We will come from the road"? How do you distinguish between the actual meaning "from" and the meaning "by", without context?

[vinay92]

You can do that by context only.

[hptroll]

Thanks. So, I guess "We will come from the road" should be reported as correct (it is not accepted).

[pilchat]

same question