-न पाउनु

Being Allowed or Getting to

Level 3Sounds Like na pā'unu

-न पाउनु means be allowed to or get the chance to.

How It Works

पाउनु means get. With a -न verb, it means you get to do something, either because someone allows it or because things work out.

With तपाईं the polite verb is पाउनुहुन्छ, and the negative is पाउनुहुन्न: तपाईंले यहाँ फोटो खिच्न पाउनुहुन्न (you may not take photos here).

The doer often takes ले in a question or in the past: मैले, तिमीले, बच्चाहरूले. In a present sentence it may be left out: म नेपाल जान पाउँछु.

Use the -न form before पाउनु, not the -नु form.

के मैले यहाँ बस्न पाउँछु?
May I sit here?
बस्न पाउँछु asks for permission.
मैले हिजो सुत्न पाइनँ।
I did not get to sleep yesterday.
पाइनँ is the negative past.
बच्चाहरूले आज खेल्न पाएनन्।
The children did not get to play today.
The doer takes ले in the past.
तपाईंले यहाँ फोटो खिच्न पाउनुहुन्न।
You may not take photos here.
पाउनुहुन्न is the polite negative.
म नेपाल जान पाउँछु!
I get to go to Nepal!
पाउँछु shows a chance.

Using the -नु form before पाउनु.
मैले यहाँ बस्नु पाउँछु?
मैले यहाँ बस्न पाउँछु?
Use the -न form before पाउनु.

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-न पाउनुLevel 3Being Allowed or Getting to

-न पाउनु means being allowed.

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