কৰিব পাৰোঁ / কৰিব নোৱাৰোঁ

Can and Cannot

Level 3Sounds Like karaiba pāraōm̐ / karaiba nōraāraōm̐

আপুনি স্কুলত দৌৰিব নোৱাৰে “you cannot run in school”.

How It Works

The pattern works the same way for every verb: only পাৰ or নোৱাৰ changes with the person.

PersonCanCannot
মই, আমিপাৰোঁনোৱাৰোঁ
তুমিপাৰানোৱাৰা
আপুনি, তেওঁ, সি, তাইপাৰেনোৱাৰে

The past of নোৱাৰ is নোৱাৰিলোঁ for মই and নোৱাৰিলে for সি, তাই, তেওঁ and আপুনি, as in জিকিব নোৱাৰিলে “could not win”. The verb before it stays in the -িব form even in the past. Only পাৰ and নোৱাৰ change. A question with নে asks if something is allowed: মই ইয়াত বহিব পাৰোঁ নে? “may I sit here?”. A tag question puts the two side by side: পাৰে, নোৱাৰে জানো? “you can, can’t you?”.

Examples (5)

  1. মই এতিয়া আৰু বেছি খাব নোৱাৰোঁ।

    I cannot eat any more now.

    নোৱাৰোঁ goes with মই.

  2. আপুনি স্কুলত দৌৰিব নোৱাৰে।

    You cannot run in school.

    নোৱাৰে goes with আপুনি.

  3. ৰফিকুলে জানে যে নাজমাই বাদাম খাব নোৱাৰে।

    Rafiqul knows that Nazma cannot eat peanuts.

    নোৱাৰে goes with a third person.

  4. আপুনি ভাত ৰান্ধিব পাৰে, নোৱাৰে জানো?

    You can cook rice, can't you?

    পাৰে and নোৱাৰে sit side by side in the question.

  5. তাই গধুৰ বস্তাটো দাঙিব নোৱাৰিলে।

    She could not lift the heavy bag.

    The past is নোৱাৰিলে.

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কৰিব পাৰোঁ / কৰিব নোৱাৰোঁLevel 3Can and Cannot

Learn This First

পাৰোঁ comes after the -িব form and নোৱাৰোঁ is its negative, so learners need the future form and ন- first.