कएल गेल

The Passive

Level 4Sounds Like ka'ēla gēla

The -ल form with जाएब tells what was done without saying who did it.

How It Works

The form is the -ल form plus जाएब. The -ल form does not change. The tense is on जाएब.

TenseFormExample
pastकएल गेलई काज काल्हि कएल गेल।
presentकएल जाइत अछिएतय मैथिली बाजल जाइत अछि।
futureकएल जाएतई काज काल्हि कएल जाएत।

More examples: पुल बनाओल गेल (The bridge was built). केबाड़ खोलल गेल (The door was opened). ई चिट्ठी काल्हि लिखल गेल (This letter was written yesterday).

A causative takes -आओल: बनाओल गेल, सिखाओल जाएत.

Use the passive when the doer is not known or not important. If the doer matters, name it with द्वारा: सरकार द्वारा बनाओल गेल.

Everyday speech prefers an active sentence: ओ सभ पुल बनौलनि. The passive is common in news and official writing.

Hindi says "किया गया". Maithili says कएल गेल.

Examples (5)

  1. ई काज काल्हि कएल गेल।

    This work was done yesterday.

    कएल गेल: the past passive.

  2. पुल बनाओल गेल।

    The bridge was built.

    बनाओल गेल: a causative passive.

  3. केबाड़ खोलल गेल।

    The door was opened.

    खोलल गेल: no doer named.

  4. ई काज काल्हि कएल जाएत।

    This work will be done tomorrow.

    कएल जाएत: the future passive.

  5. एतय मैथिली बाजल जाइत अछि।

    Maithili is spoken here.

    बाजल जाइत अछि: the present passive.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Hindi गया.

    ई काज काल्हि कएल गया।
    ई काज काल्हि कएल गेल।

    गया is Hindi. Maithili uses गेल.

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कएल गेलLevel 4The Passive

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The passive joins an -ल form to a form of जाएब, so those past stems come first.

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