-ल्यास

If in Formal Writing

Level 5Sounds Like lyāsa

The first part says what may happen, and the second part says what to do or what follows.

How It Works

Put the condition first, ending in -ल्यास. अडचण आल्यास संपर्क साधावा. (In case of difficulty, please get in touch.)

VerbWith -ल्यास
येणेआल्यास
करणेकेल्यास
पडणेपडल्यास
हरवणेहरवल्यास
असणेअसल्यास

To say "if not", put न before the verb: वेळेत अर्ज न केल्यास प्रवेश मिळणार नाही. (If the application is not made in time, admission will not be given.) With असणे, use नसल्यास.

The result can be a request, a rule or a plan: पाऊस पडल्यास कार्यक्रम रद्द करण्यात येईल. तिकीट हरवल्यास दंड भरावा लागेल. काही शंका असल्यास कृपया विचारा.

The second part keeps its own tense. A plan takes the future: कार्यक्रम रद्द करण्यात येईल. A rule takes -ावे. A general fact takes the present: पाऊस पडल्यास रस्ते बंद होतात. (When it rains, the roads close.)

-ल्यास is formal. In speech, use जर … तर: जर पाऊस पडला तर आपण थांबू. Do not use -ल्यास for something that already happened. A past fact takes a plain past verb.

Examples (5)

  1. अडचण आल्यास संपर्क साधावा.

    In case of difficulty, please get in touch.

    आल्यास gives the condition in formal Marathi.

  2. पाऊस पडल्यास कार्यक्रम रद्द करण्यात येईल.

    If it rains, the event will be cancelled.

    पडल्यास opens the condition.

  3. वेळेत अर्ज न केल्यास प्रवेश मिळणार नाही.

    If the application is not made in time, admission will not be given.

    न केल्यास makes the condition negative.

  4. काही शंका असल्यास कृपया विचारा.

    If you have any doubt, please ask.

    असल्यास means "if there is".

  5. तिकीट हरवल्यास दंड भरावा लागेल.

    If the ticket is lost, a fine will have to be paid.

    हरवल्यास gives the condition for the fine.

Common Mistakes

  • Using -ल्यास for a fact that already happened.

    काल पाऊस पडल्यास कार्यक्रम रद्द झाला.
    काल पाऊस पडला, म्हणून कार्यक्रम रद्द झाला.

    -ल्यास talks about what may happen. A fact that happened uses a plain past verb.

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-ल्यासLevel 5If in Formal Writing

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If one does is the written form of if.