क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो?

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

So:

• तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही ho। = You are giving me that pen.
• क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही ho? = Are you giving me that pen?

Hindi can sometimes ask a question just through intonation, but sentence-initial क्या is the clearest and most common way to form a yes/no question.

तुम means you, but it is only one of several Hindi ways to say you.

The main levels are:

• तू = very informal / very intimate / sometimes rude depending on context
• तुम = familiar, friendly, normal with friends, siblings, people your age, many children
• आप = polite, formal, respectful

So तुम here suggests a familiar relationship, not a highly formal one.

For a more polite version, you would say:

• क्या आप मुझे वह कलम दे रही हैं?

मुझे means to me or me in this sentence.

The basic pronoun is:

• मैं = I

But Hindi changes pronouns depending on their role in the sentence. With a verb like देना (to give), the receiver is expressed with मुझे:

• मुझे कलम दो = Give me the pen
• literally, this is closer to Give the pen to me

So मैं is the subject form (I), while मुझे is the form used here for the person receiving something.

Yes. वह can mean several things depending on context:

• that
• he
• she
• it
• that one

Here, because it comes before a noun, वह कलम, it means that pen.

A very important practical note: in everyday speech, वह is often pronounced वो.

So learners will often hear:

• क्या तुम मुझे वो कलम दे रही हो?

That spoken form is extremely common.

दे रही हो is the present progressive form, meaning are giving.

It breaks down like this:

• दे = the verb stem from देना (to give)
• रही = progressive marker
• हो = auxiliary verb used with tum

So the whole thing means:

• are giving

This is similar to English be + -ing.

Because these forms mean different things.

• दे रही हो = are giving right now / in progress
• देती हो = give in a habitual or general sense

Compare:

• क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो? = Are you giving me that pen?
• तुम मुझे हमेशा कलम देती हो। = You always give me pens.

So रही shows an ongoing action, while देती usually shows a habitual or repeated action.

No. In this sentence, रही agrees with the person being addressed, not with कलम.

So if the speaker is talking to a female, you get:

• क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो?

If the speaker is talking to a male, you would normally say:

• क्या tum mujhe vah kalam de rahe ho?
• in Devanagari: क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रहे हो?

So रही here points to a female you.

This is a very common learner question, because कलम is also feminine, but that is not what controls the verb here.

हो is an auxiliary form of होना (to be), used here with तुम.

In the present progressive, Hindi often uses:

• main verb
• progressive marker
• form of होना

So:

• दे रही हो = are giving

The ending changes depending on the subject:

• मैं ... रहा/रही हूँ
• तुम ... रहे/रही हो
• आप ... रहे/रही हैं
• वह ... रहा/रही है

So हो is there because the subject is तुम.

Hindi word order is fairly flexible, but the most neutral order here is:

• क्या + subject + indirect object + demonstrative + noun + verb

So:

• क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो?

You may also hear:

• क्या तुम वह कलम मुझे दे रही हो?

Both are understandable. The first version is very natural and neutral.

One thing that usually stays true in Hindi is that the main verb cluster tends to come near the end.

Because this sentence is in the present progressive, not the perfective.

Hindi uses ने mainly with many transitive verbs in the perfective:

• क्या तुमने मुझे वह कलम दी? = Did you give me that pen?

But in the present progressive, you do not use ने:

• क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो?

So the absence of ने is completely normal here.

Here are some common variations:

• to a female using tum:
  क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो?

• to a male using tum:
  क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रहे हो?

• to a female using aap:
  क्या आप मुझे वह कलम दे रही हैं?

• to a male using aap:
  क्या आप मुझे वह कलम दे रहे हैं?

• very informal tu to a female:
  क्या तू मुझे वह कलम दे रही है?

So the parts that often change are:

• तुम / आप / तू
• रही / रहे
• हो / हैं / है

These changes reflect politeness, number, and sometimes gender.