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maine usse bahut din se dekha nahi hai

English translation: I have not seen him/her for a long time. OR I have not seen him/her for quite a few days


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Hindi term or phrase:maine usse bahut din se dekha nahi hai
English translation:I have not seen him/her for a long time. OR I have not seen him/her for quite a few days
Entered by: Shalini Bansal
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19:15 Apr 16, 2008
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Hindi term or phrase: maine usse bahut din se dekha nahi hai
i wana knw its eng translation...
karan
I have not seen him/her for a long time. OR I have not seen him/her for quite a few days
Explanation:
The above is the English translation for the Hindi sentence.
Him/Her has been used so that the sentence can be constructed according to the person it is about.
If it pertains to not having seen a lady then it would be 'I have not seen her for a long time' OR ' I have not seen her for quite a few days' and if it pertains to a man then it would be ' I have not seen him for a long time' OR ' I have not seen him for quite a few days.'
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Shalini Bansal
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:20
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i wana knw in attachment of 'did'
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7I have not seen him/her for a long time. OR I have not seen him/her for quite a few days
Shalini Bansal
4 +2I have not seen him/her since many daysnke


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
I have not seen him/her for a long time. OR I have not seen him/her for quite a few days


Explanation:
The above is the English translation for the Hindi sentence.
Him/Her has been used so that the sentence can be constructed according to the person it is about.
If it pertains to not having seen a lady then it would be 'I have not seen her for a long time' OR ' I have not seen her for quite a few days' and if it pertains to a man then it would be ' I have not seen him for a long time' OR ' I have not seen him for quite a few days.'

Shalini Bansal
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali, Native in HindiHindi
Grading comment
i wana knw in attachment of 'did'

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramesh Bhatt: "haven't" would sound better
1 hr
  -> thanks

agree  langclinic
5 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  chandan mishra
7 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Rajesh Srivastava
7 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Nitin Goyal
8 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  chaman4723
9 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  cmrawal
10 hrs
  -> thanks
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I have not seen him/her since many days


Explanation:
The pronoun 'usse' in Hindi can refer to both 'him' and 'her'

nke
Local time: 03:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GujaratiGujarati

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ramesh Bhatt: "since" isn't used in these cases; they use "for"; I don't know why.
1 hr
  -> You are correct - thanks!

agree  chaman4723
9 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  cmrawal
10 hrs
  -> Thank you
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Apr 17, 2008 - Changes made by Shalini Bansal:
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