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Level: 4
Query-filled sentence

Conversation with Questions

Languages are means of communication between people, and this communication involves asking as well as telling. Especially in WHILE having a conversation, it's important to be able to recognize ifa person is asking questions. For this we have to be familiar with the question-words in that particular language.

In Sanskrit,question-words are known asप्रश्नवाचक-शब्दाः.

Interrogative Words in Sanskrit 

1. किम् - what

2.कः - who (masculine gender)

3.का - who (feminine gender)

4.के - who (Plural masculine or feminine gender)

5.कदा - when

6.किमर्थम् - why

7.कुतः - from where

8.कुत्र - where

9.कति - how much

10.कथम् - how 

11.केन- By what

12.कस्मै- For whom

Examples:

Listen to the audio &complete the sentences

      What does he ask?

 सः  

पृच्छति?

किं

 

  When will you go?
 

कदा 

   त्वं 

गमिष्यसि?

 

 

How much money do you have?

 

समीपे

सन्ति?

भवतः

कति

रूप्यकाणि

 

Why do you walk?

   

चलति?

   भवान् 

किमर्थं

 

Where does the water fall from?

कुतः

पतति?

 

जलं 

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