Cannot in Malayalam
കഴിയില്ല (kazhiyilla) is the Malayalam for cannot, and it comes after the verb rather than before it, so the action is named first and the inability follows. The illa ending is the general negative. Pronounce it ka-zhi-yil-la, with the zh a retroflex sound.
Cannot, is not able to (used after the verb in Malayalam, as in varaan kazhiyilla, cannot come).
എനിക്ക് ഇന്ന് വരാൻ കഴിയില്ല.
enikku innu varaan kazhiyilla
I cannot come today.
All Malayalam words for “cannot”
- കഴിയില്ല (kazhiyilla) — Cannot, is not able to (used after the verb in Malayalam, as in varaan kazhiyilla, cannot come).
- കഴിയാത്ത (kazhiyaatha) — Unable, not able to do something; in a sentence Malayalam usually says kazhiyilla, cannot.
- അഖണ്ടനീയ (akhandaneeya) — That cannot be broken or divided, that cannot be criticized, logical, reasonable.
- അഗം (agam) — That cannot move, mountain, tree.
- അഗൂഡഗന്ധം (agoodagandham) — Asafoetida, (whose smell cannot be hidden).
- അഗോചരം (agocharam) — That cannot be perceived by the senses, the supreme being.
- അത്യാവശ്യമായ (athyaavashyamaaya) — Essential, absolutely necessary, that cannot be done without.
- അനുപമ (anupama) — Unrivalled, incomparable, which cannot be compared.
- അലംഘനീയം (alamghaneeyam) — That which cannot be violated, inviolable.
- അസാധ്യം (asaadhyam) — Impossible; that cannot be done or cannot happen at all.
- ആജ്ഞെയത്വം (ajnjeyathwam) — Anonymity, that which cannot be known, incomprehensibility.
- നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) — Must, is compulsory, cannot be left out; on a verb the obligation is shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, must go.
kazhiyilla is the finite cannot and kazhiyaatha the adjective unable; asaadhyam means impossible as a quality, and akhandaneeya and agam describe specific things that cannot be broken or cannot move.
Common questions
How do you say cannot in Malayalam?
Cannot is കഴിയില്ല (kazhiyilla).
Where does kazhiyilla go in the sentence?
At the end, after the verb in its infinitive form, so the pattern is to come plus kazhiyilla for cannot come.