"वह क्या खेलती है?"
Translation:What does she play?
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What is she playing? I’m confused why sitting and standing are progressive in this form but playing isn’t?
The Hindi words for "sitting" and "standing" are adjectives describing states of being. "Play" is just a regular verb in Hindi.
It's 'play' as in 'play a game'. Playing an instrument would be 'बजाना'.
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Can "play" as a transitive verb take an instrument as an object or just a game/sport in Hindi?
Is "What does he play?" wrong? If so what should have indicated that the subject was she instead of he?
How can 'what' and 'does' go together when we have only a single kya in the sentence?
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Kya means "what". In English we need the auxiliary or "helping" verb do/does to make a sentence correct in English. Most languages don't do this so you won't find a word that corresponds with "does"...you just need to know to put it in anyway.
Different tense.
'What does she play' is 'वह क्या खेलती है' (Simple present tense).
'What is she playing' would be 'वह क्या खेल रही है' (Present continuous tense).
"Does she play?' would be क्या वह खेलती है?
For yes/no questions, place the 'kya' in the beginning. When it means 'what', place the 'kya' before a verb.
