तरीही

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तरीही is one word, and it opens the second part of the sentence.

How It Works

तरीही links two parts. The first part says what was hard or against the plan. The second part begins with तरीही and says what happened anyway.

DifficultyAfter तरीही
तो थकला होता,तरीही तो आला.
पाऊस पडत होता,तरीही आम्ही फिरायला गेलो.
मला भीती वाटत होती,तरीही मी स्टेजवर गेले.

The verb of the first part often ends in होता, होती or होते, because it describes how things stood. The second part uses the tense of what actually happened.

Write तरीही as one word. The ending -ही is part of it. You may also hear plain तरी in speech with the same meaning: तो थकला होता, तरी तो आला.

In speech, पण often comes before it: तो थकला होता, पण तरीही तो आला. The extra पण stresses the surprise.

तरीही is the usual partner of जरी, which opens the first part: जरी तो थकला होता, तरीही तो आला. (Although he was tired, he still came.)

Examples (5)

  1. तो थकला होता, तरीही तो आला.

    He was tired, but he came anyway.

    तरीही opens what happened in spite of his tiredness.

  2. पाऊस पडत होता, तरीही आम्ही फिरायला गेलो.

    It was raining, but we went for a walk anyway.

    तरीही shows the walk went ahead in the rain.

  3. मी आजारी होतो, तरीही ऑफिसला गेलो.

    I was ill, but I went to the office anyway. A man is speaking.

    तरीही opens the surprising choice.

  4. आजीने औषध घेतले, तरीही ताप उतरला नाही.

    Grandmother took the medicine, but the fever did not come down.

    तरीही opens the result nobody wanted.

  5. मला भीती वाटत होती, तरीही मी स्टेजवर गेले.

    I was scared, but I went on stage anyway. A woman is speaking.

    तरीही opens what she did in spite of her fear.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi phrase फिर भी.

    तो थकला होता, फिर भी तो आला.
    तो थकला होता, तरीही तो आला.

    फिर भी is Hindi. Marathi says तरीही.

  • Splitting तरीही into two words.

    तो थकला होता, तरी ही तो आला.
    तो थकला होता, तरीही तो आला.

    तरीही is one word. Writing तरी ही makes ही a separate word and changes the sense.

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