/lang/ - if — World4ch

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-10 8:52

An english language question for once (yeah it's a foreign language for me). Can somebody explain to me the use of "if" in the following sentence?

I'm satisfied with my life, if jaded.

I've seen this over and over again, always understood the meaning, but never could come up with a definitive rule.

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-10 8:57

"under the condition"

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-10 8:58

It means "although":
"I'm satisfied with my life, even if I am jaded."

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-10 9:55

>>1
ask in your mother tounge and maybe someone can give yo a more detailed answer

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-11 0:54

>>4
What if it's Ubykh?

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-11 1:36

>>5
ask in Turkish?

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-11 7:24

>>6
Ubykh is not any related to Turkish. They're from very distinct language groups.

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-11 8:34

>>7
yeah its also dead. But given that its was predominantly spoken in Turkey id say the people who spoke it also spoke Turkish since they were a minority

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-11 14:00

I'm a native English speaker and I don't even know what the fuck it means.

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-11 21:32

>>6
I lol'd

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-11 21:38

>>8
Indeed, the last Ubykh, Tevfik Esenc spoke Turkish and Circassian fluently in addition to his native tongue.

Name: Anonymous 2009-06-12 17:44

I'm guessing that it's just a shortened version of "even if". Just use the same rules as that, or as "although" like >>3 pointed out.

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