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    〜までして (~made shite) — going as far as (doing) ~

    'You went that far?' — surprise and criticism: 借金までして (going as far as borrowing).

    Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

    N N + までして

    Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

    When to use it

    Hearing a friend is borrowing money for a new phone: 「借金までして、新しいスマホを買うの?」(you'd go as far as borrowing to buy a phone?).

    Meaning

    • 「〜までして」= 'going as far as doing that' — the feeling 'that means is too much'.
    • Surprise, disbelief and criticism (−) are always in it.

    How to attach

    • N + までして
    • Before it comes an action noun like 借金・カンニング.
    • After it you usually get 〜のか・〜なんて・〜たいとは思わない.

    Versus what you know

    • N3You learned 「まで」= 'even' (母まで反対した); at N2 the same まで attaches to an action: 「〜までして」「〜てまで」.
    • It is the mirror image of 「〜てでも」: 借金してでも買いたい = my own resolve (+); 借金までして買った = shock or disapproval at what someone did (−).
    • N3「さえ」also gives an extreme example (ひらがなさえ読めない), but 「まで」carries more of 'you went that far?'.

    Watch out

    For your own strong determination, never までして — use 「てでも」.

    Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

    借金までして、新しいスマホを買うんですか。

    しゃっきんまでして、あたらしいスマホをかうんですか。

    You'd go as far as borrowing money to buy a new smartphone?

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 借金 = debt (an action noun) → we attach 「までして」 → then the question: 買うんですか → surprise and objection: "going that far?".

    カンニングまでして合格したいなんて、信じられない。

    カンニングまでしてごうかくしたいなんて、しんじられない。

    Wanting to pass so badly you'd even cheat — I can't believe it.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) カンニング = cheating in an exam (an action noun) → we attach 「までして」: going that far → then 「なんて、信じられない」 shows surprise and criticism.

    整形までして、きれいになりたいとは思わない。

    せいけいまでして、きれいになりたいとはおもわない。

    I don't want to be beautiful if it means going as far as plastic surgery.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 整形 = plastic surgery (an action noun) → we attach 「までして」 → then 「〜たいとは思わない」: "I wouldn't go that far".

    Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

    Question: 1/3

    「借金_して車を買うなんて、信じられない。」— fill the blank.

    💡 Hint: N + _して = 'going as far as'.

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