जब डेबिट कार्ड गुम हो, तब बैंक शाखा जाइए।
When the debit card is missing, then go to the bank branch.
Questions & Answers about जब डेबिट कार्ड गुम हो, तब बैंक शाखा जाइए।
What does जब ... तब ... mean in this sentence?
जब ... तब ... is the Hindi correlative pair meaning when ... then ....
So:
- जब = when
- तब = then / at that time
In this sentence, जब डेबिट कार्ड गुम हो, तब बैंक शाखा जाइए literally means something like:
When the debit card is lost, then go to the bank branch.
In natural English, we often just say If your debit card is lost, go to the bank branch, but Hindi often uses जब ... तब ... to link the condition and result.
Why does the sentence use गुम हो? What does that mean?
गुम means lost or missing.
With हो, it forms the idea to be lost / to become missing:
- गुम होना = to be lost, to go missing
So डेबिट कार्ड गुम हो means the debit card is lost or the debit card goes missing.
This is a common Hindi pattern:
- adjective/state word + होना
For example:
- बीमार होना = to become sick / to be sick
- खराब होना = to become bad / to be damaged
- गुम होना = to be lost / go missing
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