जहाँ तक ... का सवाल है

As Far as ... Is Concerned

Level 5Sounds Like jahām̐ taka ... kā savāla hai

जहाँ तक X का सवाल है means as for X, or as far as X is concerned.

How It Works

This frame announces what you are about to talk about, often to set it apart from other topics: as for the money, as far as I'm concerned. The main sentence follows after a comma.

Word for word it means as far as the question of X goes. जहाँ तक does not refer to a place here.

Build the frame like this:

  • the topic noun in its form before a postposition: समय, यात्रा, पैसों, खाने
  • का, followed by the masculine noun सवाल, which it agrees with
  • है at the end of the frame, then a comma

With a pronoun, use the possessive, still agreeing with सवाल: जहाँ तक मेरा सवाल है (as far as I'm concerned), जहाँ तक उनका सवाल है. A woman also says मेरा here, because the word agrees with सवाल, not with the speaker.

In speech, बात often replaces सवाल. बात is feminine, so the possessive changes to की: जहाँ तक पढ़ाई की बात है, जहाँ तक मेरी बात है.

The frame sounds careful and a little formal, so it suits discussions, interviews and writing.

Examples (5)

  1. जहाँ तक समय का सवाल है, हमारे पास दो घंटे हैं।

    As far as time goes, we have two hours.

    The frame names the topic, and the main sentence gives the facts.

  2. जहाँ तक यात्रा का सवाल है, मैं ट्रेन से जाना चाहती हूँ।

    As for the trip, I'd like to go by train.

    चाहती shows the speaker is a woman, but का still agrees with सवाल.

  3. जहाँ तक मेरा सवाल है, यह विकल्प ठीक है।

    As far as I'm concerned, this option is fine.

    मेरा agrees with सवाल, whoever is speaking.

  4. जहाँ तक खाने का सवाल है, आप उसकी चिंता मत कीजिए।

    As for the food, don't you worry about it.

    खाना takes its form before a postposition: खाने.

  5. जहाँ तक पढ़ाई की बात है, वह बहुत अच्छा कर रहा है।

    As far as his studies go, he's doing very well.

    With बात, which is feminine, the possessive is की.

Common Mistakes

  • Making the possessive agree with the speaker.

    जहाँ तक मेरी सवाल है, यह विकल्प ठीक है।
    जहाँ तक मेरा सवाल है, यह विकल्प ठीक है।

    मेरा agrees with सवाल, which is masculine, even when a woman is speaking.

How It Connects

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As far as ... is concerned frames a topic with जहाँ तक.

Words in This Pattern

जहाँतककासवालहोना