यो के हो?
Can, can’t, could, र couldn’t मोडल क्रियाहरू हुन्।
तिनीहरू यी कुराहरूबारे कुरा गर्न प्रयोग गरिन्छ:
- वर्तमान क्षमता
- विगतको क्षमता
- अनुमति
- अनुरोधहरू
- सम्भावना
Can सकारात्मक रूप हो।
- I can swim.
Can’t cannot को छोटो रूप हो।
- I can’t drive.
Could प्रायः विगतको क्षमता वा विनम्र अनुरोधका लागि प्रयोग गरिन्छ।
- She could read when she was four.
- Could you help me?
Couldn’t could not को छोटो रूप हो।
- We couldn’t find the address.
कहिले प्रयोग गर्ने
वर्तमान क्षमताका लागि can प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
- He can speak English.
- I can cook.
जब कोही केही गर्न सक्षम हुँदैन, can’t प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
- She can’t swim.
- We can’t come today.
अनुमति माग्न वा दिन can प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
- Can I use your phone?
- You can leave early.
विगतमा सामान्य क्षमताका लागि could प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
- I could run fast when I was younger.
- They could speak French as children.
विगतमा क्षमताको कमी वा असफल अवस्थाका लागि couldn’t प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
- He couldn’t read the sign.
- We couldn’t open the door.
अनुरोध गर्न can वा could प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
- Can you close the window?
- Could you close the window?
अनुरोधहरूमा could सामान्यतया can भन्दा बढी विनम्र हुन्छ।
संरचना
can, can’t, could, र couldn’t पछि क्रियाको आधार रूप प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
| रूप | संरचना | उदाहरण |
|---|---|---|
| सकारात्मक वर्तमान | subject + can + base verb | She can drive. |
| नकारात्मक वर्तमान | subject + can’t + base verb | She can’t drive. |
| सकारात्मक विगत | subject + could + base verb | She could drive at eighteen. |
| नकारात्मक विगत | subject + couldn’t + base verb | She couldn’t drive last year. |
यो रूप हरेक subject का लागि उस्तै हुन्छ।
- I can swim.
- He can swim.
- They can swim.
he, she, वा it पछि -s नथप्नुहोस्।
प्रश्नहरू
प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्:
Can/Could + subject + base verb?
| प्रश्नको प्रकार | उदाहरण |
|---|---|
| वर्तमान क्षमता | Can you swim? |
| अनुमति | Can I sit here? |
| अनुरोध | Can you help me? |
| विनम्र अनुरोध | Could you help me? |
| विगतको क्षमता | Could she read at five? |
छोटो उत्तरहरू
- Can you drive? — Yes, I can.
- Can he come? — No, he can’t.
- Could they swim? — Yes, they could.
- Could she open it? — No, she couldn’t.
उदाहरणहरू
- I can speak a little Spanish.
- She can’t come to work today.
- Can you help me with this box?
- Can I open the window?
- You can use my computer.
- He could swim when he was five.
- We couldn’t find a taxi last night.
- Could you speak more slowly, please?
- They could not hear the announcement.
- My brother can cook very well.
अपवादहरू
सामान्य विगतको क्षमताका लागि could प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
- She could play the piano when she was young.
विगतमा एक विशेष सफल कार्यका लागि, was able to प्रायः बढी स्वाभाविक हुन्छ।
- We were able to fix the problem yesterday.
यद्यपि, विशेष असफल कार्यका लागि couldn’t स्वाभाविक हुन्छ।
- We couldn’t fix the problem yesterday.
Cannot एक शब्दको रूपमा लेखिन्छ।
- Correct: cannot
- Incorrect: can not
Can not रूप तब मात्र सम्भव हुन्छ जब not अर्को वाक्यांशसँग सम्बन्धित हुन्छ, तर यो प्रयोग असामान्य छ।
सामान्य गल्तीहरू
-
Incorrect: She cans swim. Correct: She can swim. Explanation: मोडल क्रियाहरूमा -s नथप्नुहोस्।
-
Incorrect: I can to drive. Correct: I can drive. Explanation: can पछि to बिना आधार क्रिया प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
-
Incorrect: He could speaks English. Correct: He could speak English. Explanation: could पछि आधार रूप प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
-
Incorrect: Do you can help me? Correct: Can you help me? Explanation: can सँग प्रश्नहरूमा do प्रयोग नगर्नुहोस्।
-
Incorrect: I don’t can swim. Correct: I can’t swim. Explanation: don’t can होइन, can’t प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
-
Incorrect: She could to read at four. Correct: She could read at four. Explanation: could पछि to प्रयोग नगर्नुहोस्।
-
Incorrect: Can you helped me? Correct: Can you help me? Explanation: can पछि क्रियाको आधार रूप प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
-
Incorrect: I couldn’t found my keys. Correct: I couldn’t find my keys. Explanation: couldn’t पछि आधार रूप प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।