Breakdown of दोस्त आपस में बातें करते हैं।
Questions & Answers about दोस्त आपस में बातें करते हैं।
Because दोस्त is one of those Hindi nouns that often looks the same in both singular and plural, especially in direct case.
- एक दोस्त = one friend
- दोस्त = friends
Hindi does not always add a visible plural ending the way English usually does with -s. You often understand the number from the verb:
- दोस्त ... करता है = a friend ... does
- दोस्त ... करते हैं = friends ... do
So in this sentence, करते हैं tells you that दोस्त is plural.
आपस में means something like among themselves, with one another, or with each other.
So:
- दोस्त बातें करते हैं = Friends talk
- दोस्त आपस में बातें करते हैं = Friends talk among themselves / Friends talk to each other
It adds the idea of mutual interaction. The friends are not just speaking in general; they are talking with one another.
In Hindi, बातें करना is a very common expression meaning to talk, to chat, or to have conversations.
- बात = a matter, a thing said, a conversation point
- बातें = talks, conversation(s), things said
Even though English usually just says talk, Hindi often uses the plural बातें in this expression. So बातें करना is idiomatic Hindi, not something you should translate word-for-word too strictly.