क्या आपके पास छाता है, या आप बारिश में जाएँगी?

to be

Breakdown of क्या आपके पास छाता है, या आप बारिश में जाएँगी?

• आप: you
• में: in
• जाना: to go

Questions & Answers about क्या आपके पास छाता है, या आप बारिश में जाएँगी?

Why does Hindi use आपके पास to mean you have?

Hindi usually does not use a direct verb like English to have in this kind of sentence. Instead, it often uses a possession structure:

X के पास Y है = X has Y
Literally: Y is near/with X

So:

आपके पास छाता है
literally means An umbrella is with you / near you, but naturally means You have an umbrella.

A few examples:

• मेरे पास समय है = I have time
• उसके पास गाड़ी है = He/She has a car
• हमारे पास पैसे नहीं हैं = We don’t have money

What exactly does क्या do at the beginning of the sentence?

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

So:

• आपके पास छाता है। = You have an umbrella.
• क्या आपके पास छाता है? = Do you have an umbrella?

In other contexts, क्या can also mean what, but here it is not what. It is just the question marker.

Why is it आपके पास and not आपका पास?

Because पास is used with the postposition in this possession pattern: