नाहीं तौ

Otherwise: नाहीं तौ

Level 4Sounds Like nāhīṁ tau

नाहीं तौ means otherwise and warns what happens if you don't do something.

How It Works

नाहीं तौ links an instruction to a consequence. It means "if not, then".

The first part can be a command or a plain statement. The result after तौ is normally a future verb, because it has not happened yet.

नाहीं is the plain "no" or "not". तौ adds the sense "then". Together they sound firm but friendly between family and friends.

Write नाहीं तौ, not the Hindi नहीं तो.

जल्दी चलौ, नाहीं तौ ट्रेन छूटि जाई।
Hurry, or we'll miss the train.
नाहीं तौ introduces what happens if you don't hurry.
पानी पियौ, नाहीं तौ गला सूखि जाई।
Drink water, or your throat will go dry.
The result after नाहीं तौ is in the future.
छाता लइ लेव, नाहीं तौ भीजि जइहौ।
Take an umbrella, or you'll get wet.
नाहीं तौ links the advice to the result.
ओका फोन करौ, नाहीं तौ ऊ चिंता करी।
Call him, or he'll worry.
The result is in the ऊ future form.

Writing the Hindi नहीं तो.
जल्दी चलौ, नहीं तो ट्रेन छूटि जाई।
जल्दी चलौ, नाहीं तौ ट्रेन छूटि जाई।
Awadhi uses नाहीं and तौ.

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नाहीं तौLevel 4Otherwise: नाहीं तौ

This phrase joins नाहीं and the तौ of if-clauses.

तौ

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