No. 315 in Marathi
नसत
The Marathi word "नसत" means "not being" or "not existing."
In a sentence
जर तो अभ्यास करत नसत, तर तो नापास झाला असता.
If he had not been studying, he would have failed.
Here, 'नसत' is helping form a conditional negative clause, indicating that the action (studying) was not happening.
जेव्हा मी शाळेत नसत, तेव्हा मी घरी पुस्तक वाचत असायचो.
When I was not at school, I used to read books at home.
In this sentence, 'नसत' expresses a state of not being present at a location in the past.
तुझे गाणे ऐकण्याची संधी नसत, तर खूप वाईट वाटले असते.
If I had not had the chance to listen to your song, I would have felt very sad.
Here, 'नसत' is used to indicate the non-occurrence of a hypothetical opportunity in the past.
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