अइसे ... जइसे

As if

Level 5Sounds Like a'isē ... ja'isē

अइसे ... जइसे means as if, with the -े form of होखल.

How It Works

अइसे ... जइसे compares an action to something imagined. The second half usually uses a subjunctive verb, often होखे, because the comparison is not true. A plain present also works, as in the second example.

PartRole
अइसेin this way (the real action)
जइसेas if (the imagined case)
होखेsubjunctive of होखल

The imagined half can be positive or negative: जइसे कुछ भइल ना होखे (as if nothing had happened).

जइसे ... ओइसे is a different pattern. It compares two real ways. अइसे ... जइसे compares a real way to an imagined one.

Examples (4)

  1. ऊ अइसे बोलत रहे जइसे सब जानत होखे।

    He spoke as if he knew everything.

    जइसे ... होखे marks the imagined case.

  2. तू अइसे देखत बाड़ऽ जइसे हमरा के पहिचानत नइखऽ।

    You look at me as if you do not recognise me.

    The imagined half is negative.

  3. लइका अइसे दउड़ल जइसे ओकरा पाँख लागल होखे।

    The boy ran as if he had wings.

    होखे stays the same.

  4. ऊ अइसे चुप बाड़ी जइसे कुछ भइल ना होखे।

    She is so quiet, as if nothing had happened.

    भइल ना होखे: had not happened.

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अइसे ... जइसेLevel 5As if

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अइसे ... जइसे pairs up like जइसे ... ओइसे and ends in जानत होखे, close to -त होई.

Words in This Pattern

अइसेजइसेहोखल