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Unit 07 of the Bol Marathi curriculum

Question words and their everyday usage. Six lessons: vocabulary, bridges, speaking, grammar and culture.

6 lessons · What Where When How Who

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प्रश्न शैली • Questions & Inquiry · काय, कुठे, कधी, कसे, कोण

Unit 07

Marathi Questions: Question Words & How to Ask Anything

Question words and their everyday usage.

  • 6 lessons
  • 6 speaking lessons
  • 6 Hindi→Marathi bridges
  • 6 grammar notes
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What you will learn

प्रश्न विचारण्याची विविध शैली शिका.

  • Question words meaning & usage · प्रश्न शब्दांचे अर्थ व वापर
  • Yes/No questions · हो/नाही प्रश्न
  • WH-question formation · WH-प्रश्न रचना

Speaking practice sentences

Lesson 1

काय आहे? हे पुस्तक आहे.
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क्या है? यह किताब है।
What is this? It's a book.

Lesson 2

कुठे जात आहेस? पुणे.
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कहाँ जा रहे हो? पुणे।
Where are you going? Pune.

Lesson 3

कधी येत आहेस? उद्या.
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कब आ रहे हो? कल।
When are you coming? Tomorrow.

Lesson 4

कसे आहे? खूप चांगले.
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कैसा है? बहुत अच्छा।
How is it? Very good.

Lesson 5

कोण आहे तो? माझा मित्र.
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कौन है वह? मेरा मित्र।
Who is he? My friend.

Lesson 6

का आलात? शिकण्यासाठी.
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क्यों आए? सीखने के लिए।
Why did you come? To learn.

Practice

Try saying it

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काय आहे? हे पुस्तक आहे.

Hindi → Marathi bridges

  • क्या → काय — काय = what.
  • कहाँ → कुठे — कुठे = where.
  • कब → कधी — कधी = when.
  • कैसे → कसे — कसे = how.
  • कौन → कोण — कोण = who.
  • क्यों → का — का = why.

Grammar notes

What

काय = what. काय आहे? काय करत आहेस?

kāy = what. Kāy āhe? (What is it?), Kāy kart āhes? (What are you doing?) - the question word leads the question.

Where

कुठे = where. कुठे जात आहेस? कुठे आहे?

kuthe = where. Kuthe jāt āhes? (Where are you going?) - the answer takes the locative: Punālā jāt āhe (going to Pune).

When

कधी = when. कधी येत आहेस? कधी सुरू झालं?

kadhi = when. Kadhi yet āhes? (When are you coming?), Kadhi sūrū jhālē? (When did it start?).

How

कसे = how. कसे आहे? कसे करावं?

kase = how. Kase āhe? (How is it?), Kase karāvē? (How should one do it?).

Who

कोण = who. कोण आला? कोण आहे?

koṇ = who. Koṇ ālā? (Who came?), Koṇ āhe? (Who is it?).

Why

का = why. का आलात? का करत आहात?

kā = why. Kā ālāt? (Why did you come?), Kā kart āhāt? (Why are you doing it?) - kā stands before the verb.

Culture notes

  • Guru-shishya Questioning — In gurukul tradition, disciples ask questions.
  • Warkari Pilgrimage — Where do Warkaris go? Pandharpur.
  • Festival Timing — When is Ganesh Chaturthi? Bhadrapad Shukla Chaturthi.
  • Traditional Crafts — How is Paithani saree woven?
  • Saint Poets — Who is Tukaram? Saint poet.
  • Philosophy of Action — Why do it? As duty.

How to practice this unit

Read each Marathi sentence aloud, check it against the Hindi, then cover the Marathi and recall it from the English. In the app the same unit adds listening quizzes, speaking checks, sentence building and review before you forget.

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