saMskRt baalapuYpma\ 1
Let us do an exercise with First Person:
Frame 10 sentences with the words given in the box.
Ahma\
Aavaama\vayama\ / Aip
sava-da
mauhuma-uhu:
Ahina-Xama\ / pzava:
pzaima
pzama:
Example: Ahma\ sava-da pzaima .
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paz: 3 maQyamapu$Ya:
Lesson 3 – Second Person
k) %vama\ (Aisa) - YOU (are)
Masculine Gender: (puilla=\ga:) (play audio)
AhM iXaxak: Aisma . %vaM Ca~: Aisa. %vaM pzisa .
I am a teacher. you are a student. You read.
AhM rama: Aisma . %vaM kRYNa: Aisa. %vaM ilaKisa .
I am Ram.You are Krishna.You read.
Ahma\ AakaXa: Aisma. %vaM baalak: Aisa. %vama\ ]ccaO: hsaisa .
I am Akaash.You are a boy.You laugh loudly.
Feminine Gender: (s~Iila=\ga:)
AhM maalaa Aisma. %vaM laIlaa Aisa. %vaM Kolaisa.
I am Maalaa.You are Leela.You Play.
AhM lata Aisma. %vaM roKa Aisa . %vaM namaisa .
I am Latha.You are Rekha.You Salute(worship)
Neuter Gender: (napuMsakila=\ga:)
AhM flama\ Aisma . %vaM vaRxa: Aisa . %vaM raohisa .
I am a fruit.You are a tree.You grow.
AhM nao~ma\ Aisma. %vaM mauKma\ Aisa . %vaM Kadisa .
I am an eye.You are mouth.You eat.
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We understand:
%vama\ means YOU, used in all three genders.isa is the ending of verbs in Second person.
Words ending with A: are masculine words.
Words ending with Aa are feminine words.
Words ending with ma\ are neuter gender words.
Practice & Exercise:
Fill in the blank with the words given below. (oral and written)
1%vama\ …………………………. Aisa .
naarayaNa: Aja-una: piNDt: vaIr: Ca~: mau#yamain~: saicava: sadsya: naayak:
baalaa maalaa iXalaa gaIta Ambaa rmaa Ca~a maata dUrBaaYaa pazSaalaa
kmalama\ gaRhma\ yaanama\ maindrma\ pustkma\ Bavanama\ nao~ma\ SarIrma\ p~ma\ pa~ma\
Write the sentences here under:
1)%vama\ ------Aisa .
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2%vama\ …………………………. vadisa .
sa%yama\ Asa%yama\ na saMskRtma\ Slaaokma\ man~ma\ SaIGa`ma\ (quickly) ]ccaO: (loudly) t~ (there) A~ (here)
Write the sentences here under:
1) %vaM sa%yaM vadisa .
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3%vama\ …………………………. pzisa .
p~ma\ ramaayaNama\ gaItama\ Slaaokma\ puraNama\ man~ma\ vaodma\ pustkma\ kivatama\ laoKma\ Saakuntlama\ stao~ma\ A~ (here) t~ (there) ku~? (where)
Write the sentences here under:
1) %vama\ p~M pzisa .
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Now try to use maximum number of verbs from the verb list given in the previous lesson.
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