खिआवल / पिआवल

Feeding and Giving a Drink

Level 4Sounds Like khi'āvala ā pi'āvala

Some causatives change the stem: खाइल gives खिआवल (to feed) and पीयल gives पिआवल.

How It Works

Two common verbs do not just add -आव. They change the vowel first.

Base verb	Causative	Past (ऊ)
खाइल (eat)	खिआवल (feed)	खिअवलस
पीयल (drink)	पिआवल (give to drink)	पिअवलस

The subject gives, and the one who receives takes के: माई लइका के दूध पिआवेली.

Other forms follow the usual endings: खिआवत बानी, पिआवेला, पिअवनी.

Do not use the base verb when you mean to give: पियेला means drinks, not gives a drink.

माई लइका के दूध पिआवत बाड़ी।
Mother is giving the child milk.
पिआवत बाड़ी is the progressive.
नेहा बच्चा के दाल-भात खिआवेली।
Neha feeds the baby dal and rice.
खिआवेली is the habitual.
फुआ हमनी के लिट्टी-चोखा खिअवली।
Aunt fed us litti-chokha.
खिअवली is the past.
हम बकरी के पानी पिअवनी।
I gave the goat some water.
पिअवनी is the हम past.
भउजी सब केहू के चाय पिआवत बाड़ी।
Sister-in-law is serving tea to everyone.
के marks who is served.

Using the base verb to mean give a drink.
माई लइका के दूध पियेली।
माई लइका के दूध पिआवेली।
पियेली means she drinks; to give a drink needs पिआवेली.

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खिआवल / पिआवलLevel 4Feeding and Giving a Drink

खिआवल and पिआवल are -आव verbs with a changed stem, and the person fed takes के.

खाइलखिआवलपिअलपिआवल

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