verifying myself
English translation: why do i ?" मैं (ही) क्योँ? (Why its me)
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peer agreement (net): +1Hindi to English Explanation: You want to ask in Hindi - "Mein Kyon Karun?" You have doubted correctly. It would be grammatically incorrect to say "Why do I ?" or "Why do I do?" In fact, the first question could be formed as "Why should I?" 'Do' is used as an auxiliary in the past and present tense followed by the infinitive without 'to', or in reply to a question or suggestion, eith this infinitive understood. Hence, its function is to indicate the tenseof the infinitive in a sentence. The Hindi sentence merely asks "Mein Kyon Karun?" conveys infinitive in present tense. Hence, in light of this explanation your second sentence "Why do I do?" is grammatically correct. Some others may suggest, "Why should I do?" In this case, I wish to clarify that, SHOULD is past tense of SHALL, but it is more often used as a an auxiliary verb expressing different shades of attendant meanings e.g. Obligation, duty, necessity and mderation of directness or bluntness of a request or a statement. The question in Hindi is devoid of the sense of 'moderation' as it sounds. Hence, I do not suggest using SHOULD in the question. (One can find detailed explanation on the issue by referring to any good grammar book or even dictionaries e.g. Oxford, Readers' Digest - Universal Dictionary etc.) |
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peer agreement (net): +1why do i ?" मैं (ही) क्योँ? (Why its me) Explanation: why do i ?" मैं (ही) क्योँ? (Why its me) This is more expected translation "why do i do"? मैं (ऐसा) क्यों करता हूँ? Commonly people argue to them selves “Why only to him” or, “Why he behaved like that”. Both phrases are referred in psychiatry. Example sentence(s):
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