क्या यह कहानी सच है, या यह झूठ है?

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Breakdown of क्या यह कहानी सच है, या यह झूठ है?

• यह: this
• क्या: question marker
• या: or

Questions & Answers about क्या यह कहानी सच है, या यह झूठ है?

What does क्या do at the beginning of this sentence?

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

So:

• यह कहानी सच है। = This story is true.
• क्या यह कहानी सच है? = Is this story true?

In your full sentence, क्या introduces the whole question: Is this story true, or is it false?

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Why is यह used twice?

यह means this.

It appears twice because the sentence has two parallel parts:

• यह कहानी सच है
• यह झूठ है

Literally, this is something like:

• Is this story true, or is this false?

In natural English, we usually would not repeat this, but in Hindi repeating यह makes the two choices clear and balanced.

You may also hear shorter versions where the second यह is omitted if the meaning is obvious.

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What does या mean here?

या means or.

So the structure is:

• X है, या Y है?
• Is it X, or is it Y?

In this sentence:

• सच है =