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3.8: "Wh–" Question/Interrogative Sentence

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- 3.7: Degree of Adjectives
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“Wh-“ Questions Video

Instructor’s Video: Wh Question Sentences

Hindi	English	Uses
क्या	What	To find out the object of a verb
कौन	Who	To find out the subject (human) of a verb
किसको	Whom	To find out beneficiary in a sentence
किसका / किसकी / किसके	Whose	For possession
कौन सा / सी / से	Which	To select one
कब	When	For time
कहाँ	Where	For place
क्यों	Why	For reason
कैसा / कैसी / कैसे	How	For situation/condition and quality
कितना/ कितनी / कितने	How many/much	For quantity

Test Yourself

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Formation of “Wh-” Question Sentences

In Hindi, to form a wh-question sentence, we should simply replace that part of a sentence by an appropriate question word.

For example:

यह एक फल है| This is a fruit. — यह क्या है ? What is this?
राकेश मेरा भाई है | Rakesh is my brother — कौन मेरा भाई है ? Who is my brother?
मैं भारत से हूँ | I am from India. — मैं कहाँ से हूँ ? Where am I from?
राकेश मेरा भाई है | Rakesh is my brother. — राकेश किसका भाई है ? Whose brother is Rakesh?
तुम ठीक हो | You are okay. — तुम कैसे हो ? How are you?
यहाँ दस विद्यार्थी हैं | Ten students are here. — यहाँ कितने विद्यार्थी हैं ? How many students are here?

Activity

Please change the following positive sentences into wh-question/interrogative sentences.

	Positive Sentences	Wh-question/Interrogative Sentence
1	मेरा नाम रजनी है \|
2	मेरी माँ का नाम कमला है \|
3	मैं उन्नीस साल की हूँ \|
4	मेरा फ़ोन नंबर 555-xxx-xxxx है \|
5	वह हिन्दुस्तान से है \|
6	यह मेरा छोटा भाई है \|
7	यहाँ पाँच किताबें हैं \|
8	मैं अच्छी हूँ \|
9	यह एक बड़ा शहर है \|
10	भारत की राजधानी दिल्ली है \|

Test Yourself

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Please read the following conversation and click on the question words.

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Please match the followings

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Please choose the correct response of the following prompts

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धन्यवाद !

	Positive Sentences	Wh-question/Interrogative Sentence
1	मेरा नाम रजनी है \|
2	मेरी माँ का नाम कमला है \|
3	मैं उन्नीस साल की हूँ \|
4	मेरा फ़ोन नंबर 555-xxx-xxxx है \|
5	वह हिन्दुस्तान से है \|
6	यह मेरा छोटा भाई है \|
7	यहाँ पाँच किताबें हैं \|
8	मैं अच्छी हूँ \|
9	यह एक बड़ा शहर है \|
10	भारत की राजधानी दिल्ली है \|

“Wh-“ Questions Video

Test Yourself

Formation of “Wh-” Question Sentences

Activity

Test Yourself

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