जब तक कमीज़ गीली है, तब तक उसे ड्रायर में रखिए।

to be

Breakdown of जब तक कमीज़ गीली है, तब तक उसे ड्रायर में रखिए।

• में: in
• रखना: to keep
• वह: it

Questions & Answers about जब तक कमीज़ गीली है, तब तक उसे ड्रायर में रखिए।

What does जब तक ... तब तक mean in this sentence?

This is a very common Hindi pair used to talk about a time limit or condition.

• जब तक = as long as / until
• तब तक = until then / for that long

So the overall pattern means something like:

as long as X is true, do Y

In this sentence, it gives the idea:

while the shirt is wet, put/keep it in the dryer

Depending on context, English may translate it as as long as or until.

Do I have to use both जब तक and तब तक?

Not always.

You will often hear:

जब तक कमीज़ गीली है, उसे ड्रायर में रखिए।

That is perfectly normal. Adding तब तक makes the relationship more explicit and slightly more emphatic:

जब तक ..., तब तक ...

So:

• जब तक ... alone = common and natural
• जब तक ..., तब तक ... = a bit fuller, more balanced, often clearer

Why is there no word for the before कमीज़?

Hindi does not have articles like a, an, and the.

So कमीज़ can mean:

• a shirt
• the shirt