किएक तँ

Giving a Reason

Level 2Sounds Like ki'ēka tam̐

किएक तँ means because.

How It Works

किएक is the question why: अहाँ किएक उदास छी? (Why are you sad?). When तँ follows it, the pair means because.

Result	Reason
हम नहि अएलहुँ,	किएक तँ बरखा भऽ रहल छल।
हम जल्दी सुतैत छी,	किएक तँ भोरे उठैत छी।

Place a comma before किएक तँ. The reason is a full clause with its own verb.

To say so or that is why, put the reason first and use तेँ before the result. The two words are partners: बरखा भऽ रहल छल, तेँ हम नहि अएलहुँ.

हम नहि अएलहुँ, किएक तँ बरखा भऽ रहल छल।
I didn't come because it was raining.
किएक तँ introduces the reason.
हम चाह नहि पिबैत छी, किएक तँ हमरा नीक नहि लगैत अछि।
I don't drink tea because I don't like it.
The reason has its own verb.
ओ स्कूल नहि गेल, किएक तँ ओकरा बोखार अछि।
He didn't go to school because he has a fever.
किएक तँ follows a comma.
हम जल्दी सुतैत छी, किएक तँ भोरे उठैत छी।
I sleep early because I get up at dawn.
The reason comes after the result.

Dropping तँ.
हम नहि अएलहुँ, किएक बरखा भऽ रहल छल।
हम नहि अएलहुँ, किएक तँ बरखा भऽ रहल छल।
किएक alone asks why. Keep तँ for because.

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किएक तँLevel 2Giving a Reason

किएक तँ answers the question किएक, so the question comes first.

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