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Ablative Case Singular Number
So
Putta/Putta/ Putto/Puttu Máyå/Māya
Narindahe/Narindahel
Darai/etc = He is Narindahu/Narindāhu
afraid of the king. Māyāhe/ Māyahe
Darai/etc - Son is
afraid of the mother. Puttihe/Puttihe Gantha/Ganthu Padhai/etc = Mother Gantha
reads the book from the daughter.
Exerise (1) The child is afraid of the serpent. (2) Food grows from the field, (3) He is afraid of the cow. (4) The Jamuna falls from the tree of Jamuna (5) The dog runs from the field. (6) Man should be afraid of Violence. (7) The child falls from the roof of the house. (8) The Ganges flows from the mountain. (9) He is afraid of me. (10) He reads the book from you. (11) A tree grows from the seed. (12) The son hides from father.
The Ablative Case is used :(1). In that in which something is separated from something,
as- Jāmuna falls from the tree. (2). In that from whom somebody desires to hide, as- hides
from father. (3). In the cause of fear, as- is afraid of serpent. (4). In that by whom knowledge is acquired, as- I read a
book from you. (5). In the meaning indicative of growing', as- A tree grows
from the seed.
Apabhramsa Grammar and Composition
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