केहन

Asking What Something Is Like

Level 1Sounds Like kēhana

केहन asks what kind or what something is like.

How It Works

केहन means what is it like.

Maithili	Meaning
मौसम केहन अछि?	What is the weather like?
ओ केहन लोक छथि?	What kind of person is he?
भात केहन अछि?	How is the rice?

Answer with a describing word: मौसम ठंढा अछि (The weather is cold), ओ नीक लोक छथि (He is a good person).

केहन can stand alone before a noun (what kind of) or before to be.

The words एहन and ओहन (like this, like that) come from the same family.

Do not use the Hindi कैसा, कैसी or कैसे.

Examples (5)

मौसम केहन अछि?
What is the weather like?
केहन asks for a description.
ओ केहन लोक छथि?
What kind of person is he?
केहन comes before the noun.
भात केहन अछि?
How is the rice?
केहन asks about quality.
अहाँक गाम केहन अछि?
What is your village like?
केहन describes a place.
ई चाह केहन अछि?
How is this tea?
केहन asks about taste.

Common Mistakes

Using the Hindi कैसा.
मौसम कैसा अछि?
मौसम केहन अछि?
Maithili uses केहन.

How It Connects

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केहनLevel 1Asking What Something Is Like

Learn This First

केहन first appears in a sentence ending in अछि, so the present of to be comes first.

छी / छथि / अछिBeing in the Present
Know अछि, because मौसम केहन अछि? places केहन right before it.
Level 1

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Patterns that build on this one.

जेहन ... तेहनThe Same Kind: जेहन ... तेहनLevel 4

Words in This Pattern

केहनएहनओहन

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