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"What do you have to do?"
Translation:आपको क्या करना है ?
June 6, 2019
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It is used only in colloquial Hindi.
While formal/standard Hindi is mostly set on word-order, in colloquial spoken Hindi, you can play around with the word order to communicate various subtleties in meaning. This is also usually accompanied by a suitable inflexion of speech (in the absence of which the sentence with nonstandard word-order may sound unnatural). Because these unfamiliar subtleties in meaning can be a source of confusion for new learners, Duolingo does not consider colloquialisms as correct and insists on formal/standard Hindi.
In the case of आपको करना क्या है?, the changed word order can be used to express exasperation, usually by placing stress on करना while speaking.