जसा … तसा
Just as … So
Add -च to the second word to say “exactly like that”: तसेच, तशीच.
How It Works
जसा … तसा compares a way of doing or being. It works like जो … तो, but it asks about manner: how, in what way.
| What the pair describes | Pair |
|---|---|
| a way of doing (manner) | जसे … तसे |
| a masculine noun | जसा … तसा |
| a feminine noun | जशी … तशी |
| several things or people | जसे … तसे (masculine), जशा … तशा (feminine), जशी … तशी (neuter) |
The first clause carries जसा and the second clause carries तसा. Both clauses usually state the verb (a saying like जसा राजा, तशी प्रजा can leave it out), and the word order of each clause stays normal.
Add -च for “exactly so”: जसा तुझा भाऊ आहे, तसाच तू आहेस. The pair also covers “as agreed” and “as planned”: जसे ठरले होते, तसे सगळे झाले.
When the doer of a manner is a person and the noun is the object (जशी पुरणपोळी आजी करते), the pair agrees with that object: तशी.
The two halves can swap places when the result matters more: मी तसे करीन, जसे तू सांगशील. The जसे word still opens its own clause.
Examples (5)
- जसे तू सांगशील, तसे मी करीन.
I'll do it just as you say.
जसे … तसे describes the way an action is done.
- आजी जशी पुरणपोळी करते, तशी कोणीच करू शकत नाही.
Nobody can make puranpoli the way Grandma does.
जशी and तशी are feminine because पुरणपोळी is feminine.
- जसा तुझा भाऊ आहे, तसाच तू आहेस.
You are just like your brother.
तसाच adds -च for “exactly so”; a man is being addressed.
- जसे ठरले होते, तसे मी सकाळी निघालो.
I left in the morning, as agreed. A man is speaking.
जसे … तसे means “as it was arranged”.
- जसे सर शिकवतात, तसे मी रोज सराव करते.
I practise every day the way sir teaches. A woman is speaking.
The pair joins the teacher's way to the speaker's way.
Common Mistakes
Leaving the second word in the wrong gender.
आजी जशी पुरणपोळी करते, तसा कोणीच करू शकत नाही.आजी जशी पुरणपोळी करते, तशी कोणीच करू शकत नाही.पुरणपोळी is feminine, so both words are feminine.
Using Hindi जैसे … वैसे.
जैसे तू सांगशील, वैसे मी करीन.जसे तू सांगशील, तसे मी करीन.Marathi uses जसे … तसे.
How It Connects
Learn This First
As … so compares two things.
Related Patterns
- -सारखा / -सारखी / -सारखेLike or Similar to
Another way to say “like”.
Level 3 - असा / तसाLike This and Like That
The words for “like this” and “like that”.
Level 4 - जरी … तरीAlthough and Even if
Another pair that links two clauses.
Level 4 - जसजसा … तसतसाAs One Thing Changes, So Does Another
The pair for changes that happen together.
Level 6
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Patterns that build on this one.
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