एतबे नहि ... सेहो

Not Only ... but Also

Level 5Sounds Like ētabē nahi ... sēhō

एतबे नहि ... सेहो adds a further point to a first one.

How It Works

एतबे नहि means "not only that". It tells the listener that there is more, and the second point is bigger. The word सेहो ("also") comes after the thing that is added.

StepExample
First factओ गबैत छथि
Not only thatएतबे नहि
Second fact + सेहोनाचैत सेहो छथि
  • Everyday: ई दोकान सस्ता अछि, एतबे नहि, साफ सेहो अछि।
  • Formal: ओ केवल कवि नहि छथि, अपितु नीक शिक्षक सेहो छथि।

Use commas around एतबे नहि to give it a pause. The second point should be stronger than the first. If it is not, use आ ("and") instead. In writing, the pair केवल ... नहि, अपितु ... is preferred, but in speech एतबे नहि is the usual choice.

Examples (4)

  1. ओ गबैत छथि, एतबे नहि, नाचैत सेहो छथि।

    She sings, and not only that, she dances too.

    एतबे नहि adds the second skill, and सेहो comes after नाचैत.

  2. ई दोकान सस्ता अछि, एतबे नहि, साफ सेहो अछि।

    This shop is cheap, and not only that, it is clean too.

    सेहो follows the added quality.

  3. बच्चा पढ़ैत अछि, एतबे नहि, खेलैत सेहो अछि।

    The child studies, and not only that, plays too.

    The pattern joins two things the child does.

  4. ओ केवल कवि नहि छथि, अपितु नीक शिक्षक सेहो छथि।

    He is not only a poet but also a good teacher.

    The formal केवल ... नहि, अपितु pattern gives the same idea.

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एतबे नहि ... सेहोLevel 5Not Only ... but Also

Learn This First

This pair ends in सेहो and opens with नहि in the phrase एतबे नहि.

Words in This Pattern

नहिसेहोकेवलअपितुआ