कइसन

Asking What It's Like: कइसन

Level 2Sounds Like ka'isana

कइसन asks what something is like.

How It Works

  • मौसम कइसन अहै? (What is the weather like?)
  • ऊ कइसन आदमी अहै? (What kind of man is he?)
  • खाना कइसन रहा? (How was the food?)

कइसन asks for a description: नीक, खराब, बड़ा, छोट. The answer is an adjective.

कइसन can also stand before a noun, like which kind: ऊ कइसन आदमी अहै? Use it for things you can describe.

Do not mix it up with कइसे, which asks how something is done: तुम कइसे आएव? (How did you come?) कइसन asks what it is like. Hindi says कैसा; Awadhi says कइसन.

Examples (5)

  1. मौसम कइसन अहै?

    What is the weather like?

    कइसन asks for the quality of the weather.

  2. ऊ कइसन आदमी अहै?

    What kind of man is he?

    कइसन asks about the person.

  3. खाना कइसन रहा?

    How was the food?

    The past helper रहा follows खाना.

  4. तुम्हार नवा घर कइसन अहै?

    What is your new house like?

    कइसन can end the question.

  5. ऊ लरिका कइसन रहा?

    What was that boy like?

    रहा follows लरिका.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi कैसा.

    मौसम कैसा अहै?
    मौसम कइसन अहै?

    Awadhi uses कइसन.

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कइसनLevel 2Asking What It's Like: कइसन

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कइसन asks for a description, so you need describing words and कइसे.

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