क्या आपके पास कलम और कागज़ हैं?

At the beginning of a sentence, क्या often marks a yes/no question.

So:

• आपके पास कलम और कागज़ हैं। = You have a pen and paper.
• क्या आपके पास कलम और कागज़ हैं? = Do you have a pen and paper?

In this use, क्या does not mean what. It is just a question marker.

Hindi can also sometimes put क्या at the end in speech, but sentence-initial क्या is very common and clear.

Hindi usually does not use a direct verb like English have in sentences like this.

Instead, it often expresses possession with a structure like:

X के पास Y है / हैं
Literally: Near/with X, Y is/are

So:

• आपके पास = with you / in your possession
• कलम और कागज़ हैं = a pen and paper are

So the whole sentence literally feels like:

Is a pen and paper with you?

This is the normal Hindi way to say Do you have a pen and paper?

Because पास is a postposition, and words before postpositions usually go into a special oblique form.

With आप, the possessive forms are:

• आपका
• आपकी
• आपके

But before पास, Hindi uses आपके:

• आपके पास = with you

This के here is not agreeing with कलम or कागज़. It is part of the form used before the postposition पास.

Compare:

• आपकी किताब = your book
• आपके पास किताब है = you have a book

Because the thing being talked about is plural: कलम और कागज़ = a pen and paper.

So Hindi uses:

• है for singular
• हैं for plural

Examples:

• क्या आपके पास कलम है? = Do you have a pen?
• क्या आपके पास कागज़ है? = Do you have paper?
• क्या आपके पास कलम और कागज़ हैं? = Do you have a pen and paper?

Here the compound कलम और कागज़ counts as more than one thing, so हैं is used.

It can mean both, depending on context.

In possession sentences, आपके पास usually means:

• you have
• with you
• in your possession

So in this sentence it means something like:

• Do you have a pen and paper?
• Do you have a pen and paper with you?

The exact English wording depends on context, but the Hindi structure stays the same.

Hindi usually does not use articles the way English does.

So:

• कलम can mean a pen, the pen, or just pen
• कागज़ can mean paper, a paper, the paper, depending on context

The listener understands the intended meaning from context.

That is why कलम और कागज़ naturally translates as a pen and paper here, even though Hindi does not include separate words for a and the.

In this sentence, कागज़ is best understood as paper in a general sense, not necessarily papers.

Also, some Hindi nouns do not visibly change between direct singular and direct plural forms, and कागज़ often looks the same in both.

So here:

• कलम = pen
• कागज़ = paper

The whole phrase means a pen and paper, and the verb is plural because the sentence refers to two items together.

आपके comes from आप, which is the polite/respectful word for you.

So this sentence is polite:

क्या आपके पास कलम और कागज़ हैं?

If you were speaking to a friend, you might say:

क्या तुम्हारे पास कलम और कागज़ हैं?

And in very informal speech:

क्या तेरे पास कलम और कागज़ हैं?

So the original sentence is appropriate for:

• strangers
• elders
• teachers
• formal situations
• polite conversation

Yes, if you are speaking to someone you address as तुम.

Then the sentence becomes:

क्या तुम्हारे पास कलम और कागज़ हैं?

That means the same thing, but the tone is less formal.

So the pattern is:

• आपके पास = you have... (polite)
• तुम्हारे पास = you have... (informal/friendly)
• तेरे पास = very informal / intimate / sometimes rude if used wrongly

The given sentence is completely natural:

क्या आपके पास कलम और कागज़ हैं?

But Hindi can sometimes vary question style, especially in speech. For example, people may also say:

आपके पास कलम और कागज़ हैं क्या?

This also means Do you have a pen and paper?

So:

• क्या at the beginning = very standard and clear
• क्या at the end = also common in conversation

For a learner, the original version is a very good pattern to remember.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

kyaa aap-ke paas ka-lam aur kaa-gaz hain?

A slightly more natural transliteration:

kyā āpke pās kalam aur kāgaz hain?

A few notes:

• क्या = kyā
• आपके = āpke
• पास = pās
• कलम = kalam
• और = aur
• कागज़ = kāgaz
• हैं is often pronounced roughly like hain or hen depending on accent and speed

A very useful pattern is:

क्या + [person] + के पास + [thing] + है / हैं?

Examples:

• क्या आपके पास पानी है? = Do you have water?
• क्या तुम्हारे पास समय है? = Do you have time?
• क्या उसके पास गाड़ी है? = Does he/she have a car?
• क्या आपके पास कलम और कागज़ हैं? = Do you have a pen and paper?

This is one of the most important Hindi patterns for expressing have.