Would Have: -त and -इत

Level 4Sounds Like ta a'ura -ita (anahōnī)

For something that did not happen, use the -त form, with -इत for हम and for a woman.

How It Works

To talk about something that did not happen, use जौ ... तौ with the -त form in both parts.

WhoForm
ऊ (man)करत, आवत, पढ़त
ऊ (woman)करित, आइत, पढ़ित
हमकरित, आइत, जाइत
तुमकरतेव, आवतेव
ऊ लोगकरतेन

जौ हमका पता होत, तौ हम आइत means "if I had known, I would have come". The pair says the real thing did not happen: I did not know, and I did not come.

The same sentence can also be about now: जौ ऊ पढ़त, तौ पास होत can mean "if he studied, he would pass".

Learn the ऊ and हम forms first, since they are the most common.

Examples (4)

  1. जौ हमका पता होत, तौ हम आइत।

    If I had known, I would have come.

    होत and आइत show the unreal condition.

  2. जौ पानी न बरसत, तौ हम मेला जाइत।

    If it had not rained, I would have gone to the fair.

    न comes before the -त form.

  3. जौ तुम बोलतेव, तौ हम रुकि जाइत।

    If you had said so, I would have stayed.

    बोलतेव is the तुम form.

  4. जौ ऊ पढ़त, तौ पास होत।

    If he had studied, he would have passed.

    Both halves use the -त form.

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Would Have: -त and -इतLevel 4

Learn This First

Would have sits inside a जौ ... तौ frame and the example starts with हमका पता.

Words in This Pattern

जौतौ