जैसे ही शटलकॉक मेरे पास आएगा, मैं उसे पकड़ूँगी।

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Breakdown of जैसे ही शटलकॉक मेरे पास आएगा, मैं उसे पकड़ूँगी।

• मेरा: my
• के पास: near
• आना: to come

Questions & Answers about जैसे ही शटलकॉक मेरे पास आएगा, मैं उसे पकड़ूँगी।

What does जैसे ही mean in this sentence?

जैसे ही means as soon as.

It introduces an event that happens immediately when something else happens:

• जैसे ही शटलकॉक मेरे पास आएगा... = As soon as the shuttlecock comes near me...

A very common pattern in Hindi is:

• जैसे ही X..., Y...
• As soon as X..., Y...

So in this sentence, the second action (I will catch it) happens right after the first one (the shuttlecock comes near me).

Why is आएगा used here? Why future tense in the as soon as clause?

In Hindi, when you are talking about a future situation, it is very normal to use the future tense in both clauses:

• जैसे ही शटलकॉक मेरे पास आएगा, मैं उसे पकड़ूँगी।

Literal structure:

• As soon as the shuttlecock will come near me, I will catch it.

That sounds unnatural in English, because English usually uses the present after as soon as:

• As soon as the shuttlecock comes near me, I will catch it.

But in Hindi, आएगा is perfectly natural here because the whole situation is in the future.

Why is it आएगा and not आएगी?

Because शटलकॉक is being treated as a in Hindi.