जब तक ... तब तक
As Long as: जब तक ... तब तक
जब तक ... तब तक means as long as, and with नाहीं it means until.
How It Works
जब तक ... तब तक is a pair. जब तक starts the first clause and तब तक starts the second.
| Pattern | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| जब तक + verb | as long as | जब तक चाय बनत अहै, तब तक तनिक बइठौ |
| जब तक + नाहीं | until | जब तक अम्मा नाहीं अइहैं, तब तक हम खाना नाहीं खाब |
With a present verb in the first half, the sentence is about the time while something lasts. With नाहीं and a future verb, the second half holds until the first half happens.
The second half is often shorter. In speech तब तक can be dropped when the sense is clear: जब तक काम खतम नाहीं होई, केउ घरे नाहीं जाई.
Examples (5)
- जब तक पानी बरसत अहै, तब तक इहाँ रुकौ।
Stay here as long as it rains.
जब तक starts the time that lasts; तब तक answers it.
- जब तक अम्मा नाहीं अइहैं, तब तक हम खाना नाहीं खाब।
I won't eat until Amma comes.
नाहीं in the first half turns it into until.
- जब तक चाय बनत अहै, तब तक तनिक बइठौ।
Sit for a little while the tea is being made.
The pair covers the time the tea takes.
- जब तक हम इहाँ अही, तब तक कउनो चिंता नाहीं।
As long as I'm here, there's no worry.
अही is the हम form of to be.
- जब तक काम खतम नाहीं होई, तब तक केउ घरे नाहीं जाई।
Nobody goes home until the work is finished.
The first half holds नाहीं and a future verb.
How It Connects
Learn This First
This pair adds तक to जब ... तब, and with नाहीं it means until.
- जब ... तबWhen ... Then
Know जब ... तब, because this pair is the same frame with तक added to each half.
Level 3 - तकUntil or as Far as: तक
Know that तक marks an end point, because that gives the meaning as long as.
Level 2 - नाहींSaying No or Not
Know नाहीं, because adding it to the जब तक half changes the meaning to until.
Level 1
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