Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Gujarati तउ (taü), from Sanskrit ततस् (tatas). Cognate to Hindi तो (to).

Conjunction

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તો (to)

  1. then, so
    ખાવાનું હશે તો હું આવીશ
    khāvānũ haśe to hũ āvīś
    If there's food then I'll come.
    તો શું?
    to śũ?
    Then what? / So what?
    તો જા!
    to jā!
    Then go!

Particle

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તો (to)

  1. an emphatic particle, can be treated as a topic marker
    હું તો આવીશ
    to āvīś
    I will come (despite what others might do)
    વંશિકા તો ત્રણ વરસની છે
    vãśikā to traṇ varasnī che
    Vanshika is three years old (now).
    તો પછી જશે
    e to pachī jaśe
    He will go later (instead of now).