کیا (ہاں یا نہیں کا سوال)

Asking a Yes-or-No Question

Level 1

Keep the statement’s basic order and add کیا at the beginning. The listener can answer by confirming or denying it.

How It Works

Turn آپ گھر میں ہیں into کیا آپ گھر میں ہیں؟. The person and location stay in their usual places; the opening کیا marks the question.

Compare کیا دکان کھلی ہے؟ with دکان کہاں ہے؟. The first can receive a yes or no; the second asks for a location. Choose the question pattern for the information you need.

In conversation, intonation can also make آپ گھر میں ہیں؟ a question without the opening marker. Sentence-initial کیا is a useful clear pattern while you are learning.

Do not change the pronoun’s agreement just because the sentence is a question. Respectful آپ still goes with ہیں.

Examples (4)

  1. کیا آپ گھر میں ہیں؟

    Are you at home?

    The opening کیا asks whether the statement is true.

  2. کیا دکان کھلی ہے؟

    Is the shop open?

    This asks for confirmation, not for the identity of an object.

  3. کیا یہ چابیاں آپ کی ہیں؟

    Are these keys yours?

    The plural keys still take ہیں.

  4. کیا ندا بھی یہاں ہے؟

    Is Nida here too?

    The person’s name stays in the statement’s usual position.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

کیا (ہاں یا نہیں کا سوال)Level 1Asking a Yes-or-No Question

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Start from a complete statement that can be turned into a yes-or-no question.

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