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🇮🇳 Hindi
हिन्दीDevanagari

Question words (who/what/where/when/why/how)

Learn the six question words as a set — then swap them into patterns you already know.

The six question words

Learn these as a set. Then practice swapping one into a sentence you already know.

  • Don’t memorize in isolation — use them in short questions.
कौन
kaun
who
क्या
kya
what
कहाँ
kahan
where
कब
kab
when
क्यों
kyon
why
कैसे
kaise
how

Examples

These show how question words behave in real sentences.

यह क्या है?
yah kya hai
What is this?
आप कहाँ जा रहे हैं?
aap kahan ja rahe hain
Where are you going?
शौचालय कहाँ है?
shauchalay kahan hai
Where is the bathroom/toilet?
क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हैं?
kya aap angrezi bolte hain
Do you speak English? (formal; verb may change by gender)

Mini‑quiz

Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “who”?