Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati तउ (taü), from Sanskrit ततस् (tatas). Cognate to Hindi तो (to).
Conjunction
તો • (to)
- then, so
ખાવાનું હશે તો હું આવીશ- khāvānũ haśe to hũ āvīś
- If there's food then I'll come.
તો શું?- to śũ?
- Then what? / So what?
Particle
તો • (to)
- an emphatic particle, can be treated as a topic marker
હું તો આવીશ- hũ to āvīś
- I will come (despite what others might do)
વંશિકા તો ત્રણ વરસની છે- vãśikā to traṇ varasnī che
- Vanshika is three years old (now).
એ તો પછી જશે- e to pachī jaśe
- He will go later (instead of now).