3.8: "Wh–" Question/Interrogative Sentence
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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
https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/ll151/?p=1312
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
https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/ll151/?p=1312
Please read the following conversation and click on the question words.
https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/ll151/?p=1312
Please match the followings
https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/ll151/?p=1312
Please choose the correct response of the following prompts
https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/ll151/?p=1312
धन्यवाद !