है न / है ना

Checking Agreement

Level 2Sounds Like hai na aura hai nā

A final न? or है न? asks the listener to agree: आप कल आएँगे, ना? (You'll come tomorrow, won't you?).

How It Works

English changes its tag to fit the sentence: isn't it, don't you, won't they. Hindi uses one tag for everything:

HindiMeaning
आज बहुत गर्मी है, है न?It's really hot today, isn't it?
आप कल आएँगे, ना?You'll come tomorrow, won't you?
तुमने खाना खाया, है न?You've eaten, right?

The tag can be न, ना, है न or है ना. They all mean the same.

The question expects yes. When you really do not know the answer, ask with क्या instead: क्या आप कल आएँगे?

After a command, न or ना softens it into a friendly push: बैठो न (Do sit down), बताओ ना (Come on, tell me).

This न is not negative. For don't, use मत: यहाँ मत बैठो (Don't sit here).

Examples (5)

  1. आज बहुत गर्मी है, है न?

    It's really hot today, isn't it?

    है न at the end asks for agreement.

  2. यह तुम्हारी किताब है, न?

    This is your book, isn't it?

    A short न works the same way.

  3. आप कल आएँगे, ना?

    You'll come tomorrow, won't you?

    The tag stays the same with a future verb.

  4. बैठक कल सुबह है, न?

    The meeting is tomorrow morning, isn't it?

    The speaker checks something they believe is true.

  5. हम साथ चल रहे हैं, ना?

    We're going together, right?

    ना checks a shared plan.

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है न / है नाLevel 2Checking Agreement

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A tag question checks a statement with a short negative.

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