पावल

Managing to Do Something

Level 4Sounds Like pāvala

Stem plus पावल means manage to do something.

How It Works

पावल means "to get". After a stem it means "to succeed in" or "to find the chance to". It is most common in the negative.

Form	Example
Past (हम)	सुत ना पवनी
Past (ऊ)	पढ़ ना पवलस
Habit (ऊ)	बूझ ना पावेला
Future (हम)	आ ना पाइब

सकल says someone has the skill or strength: हम तैर सकीले. पावल says it worked, or did not work, this time: हम तैर ना पवनी (I could not manage to swim). Use सकल for a general ability.

The verb before पावल stays as a bare stem, with no ending.

Examples (5)

हम रात भर सुत ना पवनी।
I could not sleep all night.
सुत ना पवनी: did not manage to sleep.
ऊ बहुत कोसिस कइलस, बाकिर पढ़ ना पवलस।
He tried hard, but could not manage to study.
पवलस is the ऊ past form.
हमनी समय पर पहुँच ना पवनी जा।
We could not get there on time.
पवनी जा for हमनी.
लइका लमहर बात बूझ ना पावेला।
The child cannot grasp long explanations.
पावेला is the habit form.
माफ करीं, हम काल्ह आ ना पाइब।
Sorry, I will not be able to come tomorrow.
The future of पावल.

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पावलLevel 4Managing to Do Something

Learn This First

सुत ना पवनी sets पावल after a stem, as सकल does, and uses the -नी past.

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