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Lesson 4
Pronoun - Singular Non- 'a'-ending Verbs i.e., å, o etc ending verbs Haum = 1, Tuhum - You, So: He (Masculine), Sá - She (Feminine) Intransitive Verbs Țhå - To stay, Ņhả : To bathe
Ho - To become
Present Tense
Hauṁ Thāum/Thāmi Haum Nhãum/Nhami Haum Hous/Homi Tuhum Thāhi/Thāsi Tuhum Nhāhi/Nhāsi Tuhum Hohi/Hosi
Thái Sa
Thai So Nhãi
Nhãi
Hoi Sa Hoi
- I stay. -l bathe. = I become. = You stay. - You bathe. - You become. - He stays. - She stays. = He bathes. - She bathes.
He becomes. - She becomes.
So
So
Hauṁ = 1 First Person Singular Tuhuṁ - You Second Person Singular (Personal Pronouns So = He (Masculine) Third Person Singular Sā - She (Feminine) S Singular In non - 'a'-ending verbs i.e. á, o etc ending verbs, 'se' suffix is not used in the second Person Singular. 'se' is used only in a-ending verbs. Likewise in the Third Person Singular 'e' suffix is not used in the non-'a'-ending verbs. Both these (se and e) suffixes are used only in the ‘a’-ending verbs of the Present Tense. All the above verbs are Intransitive. All the above sentences are in the Active Voice.
Apabhramsa Grammar and Composition
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