तैपनि

Even So

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तैपनि joins two sentences that clash.

How It Works

तैपनि is a linking word for two clauses. The first clause gives a reason to expect one result, and the second one, after तैपनि, goes the other way.

  • पानी पर्‍यो, तैपनि हामी गयौँ। (It rained, yet we went.)
  • ऊ बिरामी थियो, तैपनि काममा आयो। (He was sick, yet he came to work.)
  • मैले धेरै पर्खेँ, तैपनि उनी आएनन्। (I waited a long time, yet they did not come.)

We write it as one word, and it usually sits at the start of the second clause. It can also follow the doer: हामी तैपनि गयौँ. The two-word तर पनि means the same. It is close to तर, but it stresses the surprise.

You can use तैपनि after a short pause, too, as its own sentence start: तैपनि हामी गयौँ.

Examples (5)

  1. पानी पर्‍यो, तैपनि हामी गयौँ।

    It rained, yet we went.

    तैपनि starts the second clause.

  2. ऊ बिरामी थियो, तैपनि काममा आयो।

    He was sick, yet he came to work.

    The second clause goes against the first.

  3. बाटो टाढा छ, तैपनि म हिँडेर जान्छु।

    The road is far, yet I go on foot.

    तैपनि works with present verbs too.

  4. मैले धेरै पर्खेँ, तैपनि उनी आएनन्।

    I waited a long time, yet they did not come.

    The result is negative.

  5. यो सानो कोठा हो, तैपनि हामीलाई मन पर्छ।

    This is a small room, yet we like it.

    तैपनि can follow हो.

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