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    〜も同然だ (~mo dōzen da) — as good as / practically

    Not exactly that, but practically the same — 新品も同然だ (as good as new).

    Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

    N N + (も) + 同然だ/同然のN
    Verb V普通形/Vない + も + 同然だ

    Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

    When to use it

    Selling a bike you have ridden only three times: 「3回しか乗っていないから、新品も同然だ」(ridden only three times, so as good as new).

    Meaning

    「〜も同然だ」= 'not exactly that, but practically the same'.

    How to attach

    • N (も) + 同然だ: 新品も同然だ
    • Plain-form verb/ない + も + 同然だ: 死んだも同然・ないも同然
    • Before a noun: 同然の N

    Versus what you know

    • 「〜て当然だ」and 「〜のももっともだ」say 'naturally'; も同然だ points a slightly different way — 'as good as'.
    • 「て当然」= the deserved result, 「もっともだ」= someone's feeling is justified, 「も同然」= 'as good as' — similar look, different jobs.

    Watch out

    Don't mix up 「当然」(とうぜん) and 「同然」(どうぜん): 当然 takes て/で, 同然 takes も — 「便利で同然」is wrong.

    Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

    この自転車は3回しか乗っていないから、新品も同然だ。

    このじてんしゃは3かいしかのっていないから、しんぴんもどうぜんだ。

    This bicycle has only been ridden three times, so it is as good as new.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 新品 = something brand new (N) → we attach 「も同然だ」: not exactly new, but as good as new → the reason in front: 3回しか乗っていないから.

    5対0だから、この試合はもう勝ったも同然だ。

    5たい0だから、このしあいはもうかったもどうぜんだ。

    It's 5–0, so this match is as good as won.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 勝つ = to win → past: 勝った → we attach 「も同然だ」: the match isn't over, but it's as good as won → the reason in front: 5対0だから.

    日本語がほとんど話せないので、会議では私はいないも同然だった。

    にほんごがほとんどはなせないので、かいぎではわたしはいないもどうぜんだった。

    I can hardly speak Japanese, so at the meeting I might as well not have been there.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) いる = to be there → ない-form: いない → 「も同然だ」 → past: も同然だった → "I was there, but as good as not" → the reason is in 〜ので in front.

    Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

    Question: 1/3

    Which sentence is wrong?

    💡 Hint: What attaches before 同然?

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