āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
so long as
/sËÉĘ lËÉÅ az/
so long as
01
āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ, āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
used to describe a duration or period of time during which something happens or continues to be true
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He promised to help so long as he was available.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ, āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯ā§
used to introduce a condition that must be satisfied for another action or state to occur
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He assured me that the car would run smoothly so long as it was maintained properly.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻŦā§ āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
