ye kyā hai? What’s this?

This = yah ;  These = ye

That = vah  ;   Those = ve

But in spoken language, this, these = ye  ;  that, those = vo

To ask ‘What’s this?’, you will say ‘ye kyā hai?’ {literally = ‘this what is?’}

Similarly, ‘What’s that?’, you will say ‘vo kyā hai?’ {literally = ‘that what is?’}

So now, let’s use the previous post on Counting & answer the question.

ye kyā hai?

and…

Some more sentences, for example:

ye ek table hai. (English word ‘table’ more common.)

vo ek computer hai. (English word ‘computer’ more common.)

ye chār kursiyāň haiň . ~ These 4 chairs are.

vo chhe peD haiň. ~ Those 6 trees are.

So can you try some more simple sentences?

गिनती १ से १० तक Counting 1 to 10

गिनती १ से १० तक (Gintī ek se das tak ~ Counting 1 from 10 to )

1 ~ १ एक (ek)

2 ~ २ दो (do)

3 ~ ३ तीन (tīn)

4 ~ ४ चार (chār)

5 ~ ५ पाँच (pāňch)

6 ~ ६ छे (chhe)

7 ~ ७ सात (sāt)

8 ~ ८ आठ (āTh)

9 ~ ९ नौ (nau)

10 ~ १० दस (das)

Names of Some Common Things

[M] = masculine gender  ;   [F] = feminine gender

s = singular  ;  p = plural

1. door [M]   ~   s: darwāzā   p: darwāze
2. curtain [M]   ~    s: pardā   p: parde
3. window [F]   ~   s: khiDkī   p: khiDkiyāň
4. newspaper [M]   ~   s, p: akhbār
5. tree [M]   ~  s, p: peD
6. scissors [F]   ~  s: kaiňchī   p: kaiňchiyāň
7. house [M]   ~   s, p: makān
8. home [M]   ~  s, p: ghar
9. chair [F]   ~   s: kursī   p: kursiyāň
10. glasses(spectacles) [M]   ~  s: chashmā   p: chashme
11. book [F]   ~   s: kitāb   p: kitābeň
12. flower [M]   ~   s, p: fūl
13. vegetable [F]   ~   s: sabzī   p: sabziyāň
14. fruit [M]   ~   s, p: fal
15. bed [M]   ~   s, p: bistar
16. pillow [M]   ~   s: takiyā   p: takiye
17. bedsheet [F]   ~   s: chādar   p: chādareň
18. blanket [M]   ~   s, p: kambal
19. wall [F]   ~   s: dīwār   p: dīwāreň
20. vehicle [F]   ~   s: gāDī   p: gāDiyāň
21. matchstick [F]   ~   s, p: māchis
22. cupboard [F]   ~   s: almārī   p: almāriyāň
23. watch/clock [F]   ~   s: ghaDī   p: ghaDiyāň
24. cloud [M]   ~   s, p: bādal
25. rain [F]   ~   barsāt
26. lock [M]   ~   s: tālā   p: tāle
27. key [F]   ~   s: chābī   p: chābiyāň