क्या आप संगीत सुन रही हैं?

to be

Breakdown of क्या आप संगीत सुन रही हैं?

• आप: you
• रहना: to stay
• संगीत: music

Questions & Answers about क्या आप संगीत सुन रही हैं?

What does क्या do in this sentence?

क्या marks the sentence as a yes/no question. In क्या आप संगीत सुन रही हैं?, it works like the English idea of Are you ...?

So:

• आप संगीत सुन रही हैं। = You are listening to music.
• क्या आप संगीत सुन रही हैं? = Are you listening to music?

In everyday Hindi, क्या is very commonly placed at the beginning for yes/no questions.

Why is आप used here instead of another word for you?

Hindi has different levels of you:

• तू = very intimate / very informal
• तुम = informal or familiar
• आप = polite / respectful

Here, आप is used because it is the polite/respectful form. A native English speaker often wonders why Hindi has more than one you; this is one of the key differences from English.

So this sentence is addressed politely:

• क्या आप संगीत सुन रही हैं?

Why does the sentence use रही हैं? What does that mean?

रही हैं is part of the present progressive structure, which corresponds to English are ...-ing.

The pattern here is:

• सुन = listen / hear
• = progressive participle, feminine singular