যিহেতু
Since: যিহেতু
যিহেতু means “since” or “as”: যিহেতু বৰষুণ হৈ আছে, আমি আজি ওলাই নাযাওঁ “as it is raining, we are not going out today”.
How It Works
যিহেতু is যি “which” and হেতু “reason”, so it means “the reason being that”. It is a written word.
| Where it stands | Example |
|---|---|
| at the start of the sentence | যিহেতু ওচৰৰ মানুহবোৰে কথা পাতি আছিল, মই কিতাপখন পঢ়িব নোৱাৰিলোঁ “as the people nearby were talking, I could not read the book” |
| inside the sentence, after the main idea | আমি এতিয়া চুবুৰীয়া যিহেতু তেওঁলোকে আমাৰ কাষৰ ঘৰটো কিনিলে “we are neighbours now, seeing that they bought the house next to ours” |
Like English “since”, যিহেতু names a reason the reader can take as given. To give a reason after the result, use কিয়নো or কাৰণ “because”.
Examples (3)
- যিহেতু বৰষুণ হৈ আছে, আমি আজি ওলাই নাযাওঁ।
As it is raining, we are not going out today.
যিহেতু opens the reason, and the main idea follows the comma.
- যিহেতু ওচৰৰ মানুহবোৰে কথা পাতি আছিল, মই কিতাপখন পঢ়িব নোৱাৰিলোঁ।
As the people nearby were talking, I could not read the book.
The reason is the first clause again.
- আমি এতিয়া চুবুৰীয়া যিহেতু তেওঁলোকে আমাৰ কাষৰ ঘৰটো কিনিলে।
We are neighbours now, seeing that they bought the house next to ours.
যিহেতু can also stand inside the sentence, before the reason.
How It Connects
Learn This First
যিহেতু gives a reason, so learners need কাৰণ first.
Related Patterns
- সেয়েহে / কিয়নোSo and Because
সেয়েহে often starts the result that follows a যিহেতু clause.
Level 5 - গতিকেSo: গতিকে
গতিকে starts the result in plain style.
Level 3 - ইয়াৰ ফলতAs a Result: ফলত
ইয়াৰ ফলত names what came out of a cause that was already told.
Level 5 - যাতেSo That: যাতে
যাতে starts a goal, while যিহেতু starts a reason.
Level 5
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