क्या + Sentence

Yes or No Questions

Level 1Sounds Like kyā + vākya

क्या आप हिंदी बोलते हैं? asks Do you speak Hindi?

How It Works

To turn a statement into a yes or no question, put क्या at the start. Nothing else moves.

StatementQuestion
आप हिंदी बोलते हैं।क्या आप हिंदी बोलते हैं?
यह आपका घर है।क्या यह आपका घर है?

English swaps words or adds do: Do you speak Hindi? Hindi keeps the statement as it is, with the verb at the end.

In everyday speech you can also drop क्या and let your voice rise at the end: आप ठीक हैं? (Are you OK?). In writing, the question mark shows it.

The same word also means what. In front of a full statement, क्या asks whether something is true: क्या यह चाय है? (Is this tea?). Before the verb, it asks for information: यह क्या है? (What is this?).

Answer with हाँ (yes) or नहीं (no), or politely with जी हाँ and जी नहीं.

Examples (5)

  1. क्या आप हिंदी बोलते हैं?

    Do you speak Hindi?

    क्या at the start; the rest is a normal statement.

  2. क्या आप तैयार हैं?

    Are you ready?

    No change in word order, just क्या in front.

  3. क्या यह आपका घर है?

    Is this your house?

    The question asks whether the whole statement is true.

  4. क्या वह डॉक्टर है?

    Is she a doctor?

    Here क्या at the start asks whether this is true; it does not mean what.

  5. आप ठीक हैं?

    Are you OK?

    Without क्या, a rising voice makes the question.

Common Mistakes

  • Moving the verb forward as in English.

    क्या हैं आप तैयार?
    क्या आप तैयार हैं?

    Keep the verb at the end; क्या is the only thing you add.

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क्या + SentenceLevel 1Yes or No Questions

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A yes or no question is an ordinary statement with क्या in front, so it comes after basic order and to be.

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