-ि गेल

Compound Verbs with गेल

Level 3Sounds Like ̔i gēla

गेल after another verb shows that a change is complete.

How It Works

The first verb carries the meaning, and गेल carries the tense and the respect ending.

Common ones: मानि गेलहुँ (gave in), सड़ि गेल (went bad), हेरा गेल (got lost), भऽ गेल (became, got done), अझुरा गेलाह (got caught up).

The pattern fits things that change by themselves. केरा सड़ि गेल अछि means "The banana has gone bad." The doer is not shown acting on purpose.

Use -ि देब for an action done fully or for someone else, and -ि लेब for one done for yourself. -ि गेल is for what happens to the subject.

Hindi "गया" does the same job: थक गया. Maithili says थाकि गेल.

हम मानि गेलहुँ।
I gave in.
मानि गेलहुँ: a final change of mind.
ओ बहस मे अझुरा गेलाह।
He got caught up in the argument.
अझुरा गेलाह for a respected man.
केरा सड़ि गेल अछि।
The banana has gone bad.
सड़ि गेल: a change that is finished.
बच्चा थाकि गेल।
The child got tired.
थाकि गेल: plain subject.
चाह ठंढा भऽ गेल।
The tea went cold.
भऽ गेल: the joining form of होएब.

Using the Hindi गया.
बच्चा थाकि गया।
बच्चा थाकि गेल।
गया is Hindi. Maithili uses गेल, with the endings -लहुँ, -लाह and -लीह.

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-ि गेलLevel 3Compound Verbs with गेल

This compound joins the -ि form of one verb to गेल.

Patterns that build on this one.

गेल

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