जँ ... -ितहुँ

Things That Did Not Happen

Level 4Sounds Like jam̐ ... -̔itahum̐

The -ितहुँ and -ितथि forms describe what would have happened.

How It Works

Take the stem of the verb and add the ending.

Subject	Ending	Example
हम, अहाँ	-ितहुँ	जनितहुँ, अबितहुँ, करितहुँ
ओ (respected)	-ितथि	कहितथि, सुनितथि

Put जँ in the first clause and तँ in the second. Both verbs take the ending.

The meaning is that the first thing did not happen, so the second did not happen either.

Do not use the simple past in these sentences. जँ हम जनलहुँ, तँ अएलहुँ would mean something else.

For a plain third person, speakers vary, so keep to हम, अहाँ and respected people at first.

जँ हम जनितहुँ, तँ पहिने अबितहुँ।
If I had known, I would have come earlier.
जनितहुँ and अबितहुँ.
जँ ओ कहितथि, तँ हम करितहुँ।
If he had said so, I would have done it.
कहितथि for a respected man.
जँ अहाँ पढ़ितहुँ, तँ पास करितहुँ।
If you had studied, you would have passed.
Both clauses take -ितहुँ.
जँ हम देखितहुँ, तँ अहाँ केँ कहितहुँ।
If I had seen it, I would have told you.
देखितहुँ and कहितहुँ.
जँ दादी ई सुनितथि, तँ खुश होइतथि।
If Grandmother had heard this, she would have been happy.
सुनितथि and होइतथि.

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जँ ... -ितहुँLevel 4Things That Did Not Happen

This form describes things that did not happen, and it uses the if frame.

जँतँ

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