Jab tak … nahin: until it happens
Time clauses are a small family with one habit: the verb at the end of their half. Jab — when; jab se — since; jis waqt — at the time when; jab bhi — whenever. For example: “جب تک بارش نہیں رکتی، ہم گھر میں رہیں گے” — Until the rain stops, we stay home. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Time clauses are a small family with one habit: the verb at the end of their half. Jab — when; jab se — since; jis waqt — at the time when; jab bhi — whenever.
The special one is jab tak … nahin — until: jab tak baarish nahin rukti — until the rain stops. The nahin inside is obligatory: without it the phrase means "as long as", the very opposite of what you want.
Without the nahin, jab tak means "while": jab tak woh yahaan tha — while he was here. One word decides whether you wait for the rain or sit in it.
Table
| conjunction | example | reading | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| جب — when | جب بارش رکی | jab baarish ruki | when the rain stopped |
| جب سے — since | جب سے وہ آیا | jab se woh aaya | since he came |
| جس وقت — at the time | جس وقت تم آئے | jis waqt tum aaye | when you came |
| جب تک … نہیں — until | جب تک بارش نہیں رکتی | jab tak baarish nahin rukti | until it stops — nahin obligatory |
| جب تک — while | جب تک وہ یہاں تھا | jab tak woh yahaan tha | while he was here — no nahin |
| جب بھی — whenever | جب بھی میں آؤں | jab bhi main aaoon | whenever I come |
| اس سے پہلے کہ — before | اس سے پہلے کہ بارش آئے | is se pehle ke baarish aaye | before the rain comes |
| … کے بعد — after | کھانے کے بعد | khaane ke baad | after the meal — a noun, not a verb |
By example
- جب تک بارش نہیں رکتی، ہم گھر میں رہیں گےdzhab tak barish nahin rekti, hum ghar main rehen geUntil the rain stops, we stay home
- جب سے وہ آیا، سب کچھ بدل گیاdzhab se wo aya, sab kuchh badal gayaSince he came, everything changed
- جس وقت میں پہنچا، دروازہ کھلا تھاdzhis waqt main pahuncha, darwaza khula thaAs I arrived, the door was open
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
How to say until in urdu?
The special one is jab tak … nahin — until: jab tak baarish nahin rukti — until the rain stops. The nahin inside is obligatory: without it the phrase means "as long as", the very opposite of what you want.
Jab tak nahin meaning urdu?
The special one is jab tak … nahin — until: jab tak baarish nahin rukti — until the rain stops. The nahin inside is obligatory: without it the phrase means "as long as", the very opposite of what you want.
How to say since in urdu?
Time clauses are a small family with one habit: the verb at the end of their half. Jab — when; jab se — since; jis waqt — at the time when; jab bhi — whenever.
Jab vs jab tak urdu difference?
The special one is jab tak … nahin — until: jab tak baarish nahin rukti — until the rain stops. The nahin inside is obligatory: without it the phrase means "as long as", the very opposite of what you want.
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“جب تک بارش نہیں رکتی، ہم گھر میں رہیں گے” (dzhab tak barish nahin rekti, hum ghar main rehen ge) — Until the rain stops, we stay home. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.