How to Say “What Are You Doing?” in Pakistan (Urdu)

آپ کیا کر رہے ہیں؟
āp kyā kar rahe haiṉ?polite
In Pakistan "what are you doing?" in Urdu is آپ کیا کر رہے ہیں؟ (āp kyā kar rahe haiṉ?) in a polite way and تم کیا کر رہے ہو؟ (tum kyā kar rahe ho?) with friends. Words change for a woman, who hears کر رہی ہیں (kar rahī haiṉ). It is also called کیا کر رہے ہو؟ (kyā kar rahe ho?).
Meaning: question about someone's current activity (phrase)

Ways to say it

“What Are You Doing?” in Pakistan
Pakistan Romanization Note
آپ کیا کر رہے ہیں؟ āp kyā kar rahe haiṉ? polite
تم کیا کر رہے ہو؟ tum kyā kar rahe ho? familiar
کیا کر رہے ہو؟ kyā kar rahe ho? casual

Over the phone people say کیا کر رہے ہو؟ (kyā kar rahe ho?) as a friendly "what are you up to?" The pronoun is often dropped.

How does it change in a sentence?

The verb agrees with the person asked. A man is کر رہے ہو (kar rahe ho), a woman is کر رہی ہو (kar rahī ho), and the polite plural ہیں (haiṉ) replaces ہو (ho).

Did you know?

  • The ending رہا ہوں (rahā hūṉ) marks something happening right now, much like "-ing" in English.

Examples in context

  • آپ اس وقت کیا کر رہے ہیں؟
    āp is waqt kyā kar rahe haiṉ?
    What are you doing right now?
  • آپی، آپ کیا کر رہی ہیں؟
    āpī, āp kyā kar rahī haiṉ?
    Sister, what are you doing?

Example conversation

Friends Omar and Hadi chat on the phone in the evening.

  1. Omar

    یار، کیا کر رہے ہو؟
    yār, kyā kar rahe ho?
    Friend, what are you up to?
  2. Hadi

    کچھ نہیں، ٹی وی دیکھ رہا ہوں۔
    kuchh nahīṉ, ṭī vī dekh rahā hūṉ.
    Nothing, I am watching TV.
  3. Omar

    تو چلو، چائے پیتے ہیں۔
    to chalo, chāy pīte haiṉ.
    Then come on, let us have tea.
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