के for Yes or No Questions
Yes or No Questions
Put के at the start of a statement to ask a yes or no question.
How It Works
Start with a statement: तपाईं नेपाली हुनुहुन्छ (you are Nepali). Put के in front, and you have a question: के तपाईं नेपाली हुनुहुन्छ?
| Statement | Question |
|---|---|
| तिमी चिया पिउँछौ। | के तिमी चिया पिउँछौ? |
| यो तपाईंको घर हो। | के यो तपाईंको घर हो? |
| घरमा पानी छ। | के घरमा पानी छ? |
के here does not mean what. It is only a question marker. The same के, used with another word, does mean what: यो के हो? (what is this?). Look at what follows it. Before a full statement, it marks a yes or no question.
The marker is optional. तपाईं चिया पिउनुहुन्छ? with a rising voice is a question too, and it is very common in speech. Answer either with the verb: पिउँछु or पिउँदिनँ.
Examples (5)
- के तपाईं नेपाली हुनुहुन्छ?
Are you Nepali?
के at the start turns the statement into a question.
- के तिमी चिया पिउँछौ?
Do you drink tea?
The statement keeps its order after के.
- के यो तपाईंको घर हो?
Is this your house?
The answer is हो or होइन.
- तपाईं चिया पिउनुहुन्छ?
Do you drink tea?
Without के, a rising voice makes the question.
- के घरमा पानी छ?
Is there water at home?
The answer is छ or छैन.
How It Connects
Learn This First
A yes or no question starts with के and builds on the being verbs.
Related Patterns
- के Meaning WhatAsking What
The question word for what.
Level 1 - हो / होइन as AnswersAnswering Yes or No
How to answer a yes or no question.
Level 1 - होSaying What Something Is
A verb that often follows.
Level 1 - छSaying Where Something Is
A verb that often follows.
Level 1 - कहाँAsking Where
Questions that ask where.
Level 1
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Patterns that build on this one.
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