यहाँ तक कि

Even

Level 5Sounds Like yahām̐ taka ki

यहाँ तक कि means even. It points to the case you would least expect.

How It Works

यहाँ तक is literally up to here. यहाँ तक कि means it went so far that, which in English is even: सब हँसने लगे, यहाँ तक कि टीचर भी। (Everyone started laughing, even the teacher.)

The usual order is:

  • a general statement: सब हँसने लगे
  • यहाँ तक कि
  • the surprising item, followed by भी: टीचर भी

The verb is often not repeated, since the first part makes it clear. यहाँ तक कि can also start a sentence and carry its own verb: यहाँ तक कि उसके घरवालों को भी पता नहीं था (Even his family didn't know). With नहीं, भी ... नहीं means not even.

भी alone can mean even: बच्चा भी जानता है. यहाँ तक कि makes it stronger. It is common in stories, the news, and whenever you want to stress how far something went.

Plain यहाँ तक, with no कि, means up to here or this far: आज यहाँ तक पढ़ते हैं (Let's read up to here today).

Examples (4)

  1. सब हँसने लगे, यहाँ तक कि टीचर भी।

    Everyone started laughing, even the teacher.

    टीचर भी is the most surprising person to laugh.

  2. उसने सब कुछ बेच दिया, यहाँ तक कि अपनी पुरानी गाड़ी भी।

    He sold everything, even his old car.

    The verb बेच दिया is not repeated.

  3. उसे सब कुछ याद था, यहाँ तक कि मेरे जन्मदिन की तारीख़ भी।

    She remembered everything, even the date of my birthday.

    The surprising item comes last, with भी.

  4. यहाँ तक कि उसके घरवालों को भी इस बात का पता नहीं था।

    Even his family didn't know about this.

    At the start of a sentence; भी ... नहीं means not even.

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यहाँ तक किLevel 5Even

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Even introduces an extreme case, combining the even sense of तक with भी.

Words in This Pattern

तकयहाँकि