एवढा / तेवढा

This Much and That Much

Level 4Sounds Like ēvaḍhā / tēvaḍhā

एवढा and तेवढा take the ending of the word they describe: एवढा, एवढी, एवढे, एवढ्या.

How It Works

एवढा is "this much" or "so big". तेवढा is "that much". With a noun, both go before it and agree with it. तेवढे पैसे माझ्याकडे नाहीत. (I do not have that much money.)

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Masculineएवढा केकएवढे पैसे
Feminineएवढी भाजीएवढ्या वस्तू
Neuterएवढे कामएवढी मुले

तेवढा changes in the same way: तेवढा, तेवढी, तेवढे, तेवढ्या. Before an adverb such as लवकर (early), the form is fixed as एवढ्या or तेवढ्या: एवढ्या लवकर तू कसा आलास? (How did you come so early?) Before a noun with an ending, the form is also एवढ्या or तेवढ्या: एवढ्या मुलांना (to this many children).

A speaker's own gender shows in the verb or in the word that describes them: मी एवढे काम एकटी करू शकत नाही. (A woman says she cannot do this much work alone.) एवढे चालल्यावर मी दमलो. (A man says he got tired after walking this much.)

Speakers often point or show a size with their hands as they say एवढा: एवढा मोठा मासा! (A fish this big!)

इतका has a similar meaning, and it is the usual word before a result with की.

Examples (5)

  1. एवढे पैसे?

    This much money?

    एवढे agrees with the masculine plural word पैसे.

  2. तेवढे पैसे माझ्याकडे नाहीत.

    I do not have that much money.

    तेवढे points at the amount named before.

  3. एवढे चालल्यावर मी दमलो.

    After walking this much, I got tired. A man is speaking.

    एवढे describes how far he walked.

  4. मी एवढे काम एकटी करू शकत नाही.

    I cannot do this much work alone. A woman is speaking.

    एवढे agrees with the neuter word काम.

  5. एवढा मोठा केक कोणी केला?

    Who made such a big cake?

    एवढा agrees with the masculine word केक.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the wrong ending for a plural word.

    मला एवढा पैसे हवे आहेत.
    मला एवढे पैसे हवे आहेत.

    पैसे is plural, so the word before it is एवढे.

  • Using the Hindi word उतना.

    मी उतना काम करू शकत नाही.
    मी तेवढे काम करू शकत नाही.

    उतना is Hindi. Marathi says तेवढा, तेवढी or तेवढे.

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