How to Ask Questions in Hindi-Questions
When you're traveling to a non-English speaking country, you all the time need to know facts about the food, things to do, places to go, prices to pay........the list goes on and on. By knowing basic Hindi interrogatives, you'll be able to express your questions in India, even without an total vocabulary.
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For example, say you're at an Indian street store and you want to ask the time. If you know adequate vocabulary, you could say "kya samay hua hai?" ("What is the time?"). But if you don't know the literal, words, you can also point to the watch and naturally say "kya?" and the stranger will understand that you want to know the time.
- Kya? - What? This examine is used most often and for everything from request the time to request what person has just said.
- Kyun? - Why? This is beneficial for seeing out the intuit for any activity.
- Kahan? - Where? Very leading if you need to ask for directions early on from some locals in case you won't get lost.
- Kaun? - Who? This is generally used to ask about the people.
- Kab? - When? This is beneficial for seeing out the times for trains etc.
- Kitna? - How much? This is beneficial for questions using a non-countable or single object.
- Kitne? - How many? This is used for questions using countable or plural objects.
- Kuan sa? - Which? This is probably used to ask to specify a thing or person from a amount of things or people.
- Kya aap angrezi jaante ho? - Do you know English?
- Kaun hai woh? - Who is he?
- Kuch aur? - anything else?
- Kya aapko kuch aur chahiye? - Would you like anything else?
- Namaste! Kaun bol raha hai? - Hello! Who's speaking?
- Kya koi musibat hai? - Is there a problem?
- Kahan par railway hub hai? - Where is the railway station?
- Kya aap mujhe deekha sakte hain kahan per hai? - Can you show me where it is?
- Kaun si gali main mujhe jaana hai? - Which street should I go?
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