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Māyāe/ Māyae Kaha/Kaha Sunia/Sunia/
Kahāu/Kahau Suņiāu/Suņiau Kahão/Kahao Sunião/Suniao
- Stories were heared by mother.
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All the above sentences are of the Passive Voice. In these the Subject is placed in the Instrumental, the object is placed in the Nominative and the Verb is conjugated according to the Person and Number of the Object. Before using the Past Participle in Feminine Gender, it should be changed into Feminine Gender. By adding ‘ä’-suffix, the Past Participles are changed into Feminine Gender. As for example, Suņia-Sunia, Dekhia-Dekhia, Panamia-Paņamia etc. All the above-mentioned verbs are Transitive.
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Apabhramśa Grammar and Composition
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