कस्तो

Asking What Something Is Like

Level 1Sounds Like kastō

कस्तो asks what something is like.

How It Works

कस्तो is what ... like, or how for a state.

Ending	Goes with	Example
कस्तो	one thing or man	खाना कस्तो छ?
कस्ता	several things or people	तिम्रा साथीहरू कस्ता छन्?
कस्ती	a woman or a girl	तिम्री बहिनी कस्ती छे?

It comes before छ and asks for a description: आजको मौसम कस्तो छ? (how is the weather today?). The answer is an adjective: आज मौसम राम्रो छ.

With a person, तपाईंलाई कस्तो छ? asks how someone is feeling or doing, as in how are you. The answer can be ठीक छ, or राम्रो छ.

कस्तो and कसरी are different. कस्तो asks what something is like, and कसरी asks in what way something is done. At this level you meet कस्तो with छ and कसरी with an action verb. Other verbs can follow कस्तो too, as in तपाईंलाई यो खाना कस्तो लाग्छ?

Examples (5)

आजको मौसम कस्तो छ?
How is the weather today?
कस्तो asks about the weather, and छ follows.
तपाईंलाई कस्तो छ?
How are you?
This asks how a person is doing.
यो खाना कस्तो छ?
What is this food like?
कस्तो asks about taste and quality.
तपाईंको घर कस्तो छ?
What is your house like?
कस्तो asks for a description.
तिम्रा साथीहरू कस्ता छन्?
What are your friends like?
कस्ता matches the plural साथीहरू.

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कस्तोLevel 1Asking What Something Is Like

Learn This First

कस्तो asks what something is like and uses the question pattern.

के Meaning WhatAsking What
Know के, because कस्तो goes in the same spot in the sentence.
Level 1

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