असा / तसा

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Level 4Sounds Like asā / tasā

असा and तसा change their endings like an adjective: असा, अशी, असे, अशा.

How It Works

असा means "like this" or "such". तसा means "like that". Show the thing, or say it, and the word fits: असा रस्ता मी कधी पाहिला नाही. (I have never seen a road like this.)

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Masculineअसातसा
Feminineअशीतशी
Neuterअसेतसे
Before -ला, -त, -वरअशातशा

With many things the forms are: masculine असे, feminine अशा, neuter अशी (असे लोक, अशा मुली, अशी मुले).

For a person, the ending follows the person. A man says मी असा आहे. A woman says मी तशी नाही. Both words work as the second part of a statement with आहे and नाही.

For the way an action is done, use असे and तसे: असे करा, तसे करू नका. (Do it like this, do not do it like that.)

Before a noun with an ending, both turn into अशा and तशा: अशा वेळी शांत राहा. (Stay calm at such a time.)

असा and तसा also join other words. तसाच means "just like that", and असाच means "just like this": तो असाच आहे. (He is just like this.)

Examples (5)

  1. असे करा, तसे करू नका.

    Do it like this, do not do it like that.

    असे and तसे describe the way of doing something.

  2. असा रस्ता मी कधी पाहिला नाही.

    I have never seen a road like this.

    असा agrees with the masculine word रस्ता.

  3. मी तशी नाही; मी सगळ्यांशी नीट बोलते.

    I am not like that; I speak properly to everyone. A woman is speaking.

    तशी is feminine because a woman is speaking.

  4. मी असा आहे; मला काही लपवता येत नाही.

    This is how I am; I cannot hide anything. A man is speaking.

    असा is masculine because a man is speaking.

  5. अशा वेळी शांत राहा.

    Stay calm at such a time.

    अशा is the form before a word that has an ending like -ला or -त.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi word ऐसा.

    ऐसे करा, तसे करू नका.
    असे करा, तसे करू नका.

    ऐसा is Hindi. Marathi says असा, अशी, असे.

  • Using the masculine form for a feminine word.

    मला तसा साडी हवी आहे.
    मला तशी साडी हवी आहे.

    साडी is feminine, so the word describing it is तशी.

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Such and so agree with the noun.

Words in This Pattern

असेतसे