क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो?

Are you giving me that pen?

Breakdown of क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो?

• होना: to be
• तुम: you
• वह: that
• मुझे: me

Questions & Answers about क्या तुम मुझे वह कलम दे रही हो?

What does क्या do at the beginning of the sentence?

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.

Why does the sentence use तुम? How polite is it?

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?

What does मुझे mean here, and why isn’t it मैं?