“They don't live here anymore.” in Hindi

When to use it

Use it when someone knocks asking for the people who lived in your flat before you.

The sentence in English (“They don't live here anymore.”)

In “They don't live here anymore.” the negative needs the helper ‘do’: ‘don't live’. ‘anymore’ goes at the end and says that something which used to be true has stopped.

They

pronounpersonal pronoun, third person plural

do

auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the negative with "n't"

n't

particleshort form of "not"

live

verblive · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "do" the verb keeps its base form

here

adverbadverb of place

anymore

adverbadverb; used with a negative to say something stopped

The sentence in Hindi (“वे अब यहाँ नहीं रहते हैं।”)

In “वे अब यहाँ नहीं रहते हैं।” the verb ‘रहते हैं’ is the habitual present of रहना (to live), placed at the end. ‘नहीं’ (not) sits right before the verb, and ‘अब’ (now) together with ‘नहीं’ gives the meaning ‘anymore’.

वे

pronoun3rd person plural pronoun 'they'

अब

adverbtime adverb 'now'; with नहीं it means 'anymore'

यहाँ

adverbplace adverb 'here'

नहीं

adverbnegation, placed right before the verb

रहते

verbरहना · aspect: imperfective (habitual) · gender: masculine · number: plural · habitual form of रहना 'to live/stay'

हैं

auxiliary verbहोना · tense: present · number: plural · plural, agreeing with वे

What changes from one language to the other (English × Hindi)

Hindi needs no helper verb for the negative: ‘नहीं’ alone does the job, where English uses ‘do’ + ‘n't’. English puts ‘anymore’ last; Hindi says ‘अब’ near the start and still ends the sentence with the verb.

Example conversation