V-ता तो ... V-ता (If...would have)

For imagining 'what if' — things that didn't actually happen

Examples

masculine (ता)

अगर मैं जाता तो मिलता

If I had gone, I would have met (male)

feminine (ती)

अगर मैं जाती तो मिलती

If I had gone, I would have met (female)

Uses the habitual participle (V-ता/ती) without any auxiliary verb. The तो in the middle separates the "if" part from the "then" part.

This looks identical to the habitual form but without है/था — context and the अगर...तो structure make it clear it's hypothetical.

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For things that happen regularly — 'he drinks', 'she works', 'I eat'

For things that used to happen regularly — 'he used to drink', 'she used to work'

For actions happening right now — 'he is eating', 'she is going'

For actions that were happening at a past moment — 'he was eating', 'she was going'

For actions that are done and finished — 'he ate', 'she went', 'they came'