LessonsIndeclinable Adverbs — Ghāyāt, Time and PlaceQuiz

وَمِنْهَا: «مَتَى» لِلزَّمَانِ شَرْطًا أَوِ اسْتِفْهَامًا، نَحْوُ: «مَتَى تَصُمْ أَصُمْ» وَ«مَتَى تُسَافِرُ؟».
Translation: Matā is used for time, conditionally or interrogatively: “Whenever you fast, I fast,” and “When will you travel?”

Matā concerns time, not place. It can ask “when?” or introduce a temporal condition (“whenever”).

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Matā asks or conditions time

Indeclinable Adverbs — Ghāyāt, Time and Place

وَمِنْهَا: «مَتَى» لِلزَّمَانِ شَرْطًا أَوِ اسْتِفْهَامًا، نَحْوُ: «مَتَى تَصُمْ أَصُمْ» وَ«مَتَى تُسَافِرُ؟».
Translation: Matā is used for time, conditionally or interrogatively: “Whenever you fast, I fast,” and “When will you travel?”

Matā concerns time, not place. It can ask “when?” or introduce a temporal condition (“whenever”).