जेतना ... ओतना

As Much as

Level 4Sounds Like jētanā ... ōtanā

जेतना ... ओतना links two amounts: the more ... the more.

How It Works

जेतना ... ओतना matches two amounts. It has two meanings that depend on the verb.

  • As much as: जेतना दूध चाहीं, ओतना ले लीं. (Take as much milk as you need.)
  • The more ... the more: जेतना पढ़बऽ, ओतना सीखबऽ. (The more you read, the more you will learn.)

Add -ए to ओतना to mean "exactly that much": ओतने. A noun can follow: जेतना पइसा, ओतना खरच.

The same shape gives the adjectives जेतना, ओतना (so much), and the question word केतना (how much). In every case the form stays the same for a masculine or feminine noun.

Examples (5)

  1. जेतना पढ़बऽ, ओतना सीखबऽ।

    The more you read, the more you will learn.

    जेतना ... ओतना links two amounts that grow together.

  2. जेतना पइसा बा, ओतने खरच करऽ।

    Spend only as much money as you have.

    ओतने adds "only that much".

  3. जेतना लोग अइलें, ओतना कुरसी लगा दऽ।

    Set out as many chairs as the people who came.

    The amounts match.

  4. जेतना दूध चाहीं, ओतना ले लीं।

    Take as much milk as you need.

    A polite request with लीं.

  5. जेतना मेहनत होई, ओतना फल मिली।

    The more effort, the more reward.

    Both halves in the future.

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जेतना ... ओतनाLevel 4As Much as

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जेतना comes from केतना and pairs up like जइसे ... ओइसे.

Words in This Pattern

जेतनाओतना