Sentence using "If-Then" in Gujarati

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To specify condition and its effect we use "If-then" structure in English

e.g. If you had gone then I would have gone as well.

Had he eaten well he would have become healthier.
etc.
Gujarati sentence formation has few similarities and few differences. You can easily relate them with English.

1) For If-then in Gujarati we use pair જો-તો (jo-to)

2)Form of verb હોવું(hovuM) which is  હોત(hot) is used in if & then part.

3) In English we use special form of verbs like "I had","I were","He would have" etc. In Gujarati we use normal forms as if saying 

If he ate then he became healthier

If he went then i went as well

But use of હોત(hot) gives effect of special form.

Examples will make it clear

"If you had gone then I would have gone as well" -> If you went then I went as well -> જો તું ગયો હોત તો હું પણ ગયો હોત (jo tuM gayo hot to huM paN gayo hot)

If you had spoken then she would have spoken. -> If you spoke then she spoke

->જો તું બોલ્યો હોત તો એ બોલી હોત (jo tuM bolyo hot to e bolI hot)

If he had said then she would have eaten fruit -> If he said then she ate fruit -> જો એણે કહ્યું હોત તો તેણે ફળ ખાધું હોત (jo eNe kahyuM hot to teNe phaL khAdhuM hot)

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“If-Then” structure can be used to predict future also. i.e. to indicate what will be the effect if some action is taken.

e.g. If you go I will cry.

If he studies he will be happy.

In Gujarati, sentence structure is same as English. But we use future tense in both condition and effect part. And we use pair જો-તો (jo-to)

If you go I will cry -> If you will go then I will cry -> જો તું જઈશ તો હું રડીશ (jo tuM jaIsh to huM raDIsh)

2) If singer sings then dancer will dance. -> If singer will sing then dancer will dance ->  જો ગાયક ગાશે તો નર્તક નાચશે (jo gAyak gAshe to nartak nAchashe)

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"If-then" statements are also used to give general advice

e.g. "If someone hurts you, then call police",

"If you feel chest pain, then take XYZ medicine" etc.

First half of this statement is in present tense and second half is a command/imperative statement. 

In Gujarati, we follow same sentence structure. Only we omit form of હોવું(hovuM) in first half. 

Second half is prepared with usual command sentence.

Consider sentence  "If someone hurts you, then call police".

call police -> પોલિસને બોલાવો (polisane bolAvo)

Someone hurts you -> કોઈ તમને ઈજા કરે છે (koI tamane IjA kare Che)

If Someone hurts you then call police -> જો કોઈ તમને ઈજા કરે તો પોલિસને બોલાવો

(jo koI tamane IjA kare to polisane bolAvo)

See we omitted "છે" from "કરે છે" when using in "If" part

example 2) "If you feel chest pain, then take XYZ medicine"

Take XYZ medicine -> XYZ દવા લો (XYZ davA lo)
You feel chest pain -> છાતીમાં દુખાવો થાય છે (ChAtImAM dukhAvo thAy Che)

"If you feel chest pain, then take XYZ medicine" -> જો  છાતીમાં દુખાવો થાય તો XYZ દવા લો (jo ChAtImAM dukhAvo thAy to XYZ davA lo )

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