"क्या तू जा रही थी?"

Translation: Were you going?

[AndriLindbergs]

So I suppose "Where were you going?" is wrong?

[_gs9]

Indeed. Consider -

तू जा रही थी - you were going

क्या तू जा रही थी - were you going? (putting क्या at the start turns a statement into a question).

तू कहाँ जा रही थी - where were you going? (we have used the word कहाँ - where).

[AndriLindbergs]

Yes, this lack of कहाँ clears my doubt :) Thanks!

[ashu505353]

Where means कहाँ

[raypab]

wh words in English make question in English... what, where, when, etc
similarly hindi has words when used in the starting of a sentence makes it a question.
क्या what
क्यों why
कैसे how
कब when
कहाँ where
कितना how much// how many
and there conjugation with masculin, feminine and neutral too...

[Fun_Bucket]

How would you say "Did you go?"

[Sam362597]

Something like क्या तुम गए I think.

[manimaran_p]

Should "Were you leaving?" also be accepted?

[JerryCurry3]

I would argue, "yes".

Wiktionary gives four definitions for जाना. The first is "to go, leave, depart".
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE

And GT turned "were you leaving" into "क्या आप जा रहे थे?"

[TheSaltyHippo]

Totally. I mean this is what I would say in Hindi to someone I know.

[ashu505353]

Where means कहाँ

[venessa405644]

This is actually quite informal

[janivytama]

I think its make me confused...