जबले ... तबले

Until and as Long as

Level 4Sounds Like jabalē ... tabalē

जबले ... तबले links two stretches of time: until or as long as.

How It Works

जबले ... तबले does two jobs.

Until: जबले तू ना अइबऽ, तबले हम इहें रहब. (I will stay here until you come.)
As long as: जबले माई बाड़ी, तबले हमरा चिंता नइखे. (As long as Mother is here, I have no worry.)

For "until", the first verb is negative. The second half takes ना only when its own meaning is negative: तबले ऊ ना सुती.

जबले is the Bhojpuri word. Hindi says जब तक ... तब तक. The parts are related to जब ... त (when ... then), but जबले stretches over a period of time.

You can drop तबले: जबले बरखा होई, इहें रुकीं means stay here as long as it rains.

जबले तू ना अइबऽ, तबले हम इहें रहब।
I will stay here until you come.
जबले ... तबले with a negative first half.
जबले बरखा होई, तबले हमनी इहें रुकब जा।
We will stay here as long as it rains.
The first half is positive.
जबले माई बाड़ी, तबले हमरा कवनो चिंता नइखे।
As long as Mother is here, I have no worry.
The same two words link a state.
जबले पढ़ाई पूरा ना होई, तबले ऊ ना सुती।
He will not sleep until his study is done.
Both halves in the future.
जबले चाय ना आई, तबले हम अखबार पढ़ब।
I will read the paper until the tea comes.
जबले ... ना gives "until".

Using the Hindi जब तक ... तब तक.
जब तक तू ना अइबऽ, तब तक हम इहें रहब।
जबले तू ना अइबऽ, तबले हम इहें रहब।
The pair जब तक ... तब तक is the Hindi one. Bhojpuri says जबले ... तबले.

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जबले ... तबलेLevel 4Until and as Long as

जबले joins जब and ले, in a two-part pattern like जब ... त.

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