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Lesson 9 Pronoun
First Person Singular Number
Haum = 1 Intransitive Verbs
Hasa = To laugh, Rūsa = To sulk, Jiva - To live
Saya - To sleep, Lukka = To hide,
Ņacca - To dance, Jagga - To wake up,
acco To dance
Imperative
Hauṁ Hauṁ Haum Hauí Haur Hauṁ Haur
Hasamu/Hasemu Sayamu/Sayemu Naccamu/Naccemu Rúsamu/Rúsemu Lukkamu/Lukkemu Jaggamu/Jaggemu Jivamu/Jivemu
= I should/may laugh. = I should/may sleep. - I should/may dance. = I should/may sulk. - I should/may hide. = I should/may wake up. = I should/may live.
Haum = 1, First Person Singular (Personal Pronoun) In the First Person Singular of the Imperative 'mu' suffix is used in the Verbs. In using 'mu' suffix, a of 'a'-ending verbs is changed into 'e' also. For expressing command, injunction, prayer etc, the suffixes of Imperative are used in the Verbs. All the above Verbs are Intransitive. An Intransitive Verb is that which has no object and whose effect is only on the subject or doer. 'I should/may laugh’in this sentence the effect of laughing is on l' and the verb 'laugh' has no object. All the above sentences are in the Active Voice. In these sentences 'Person' and 'Number' of the Verbs agree with the subject. Here 'Haum' is in the First Person Singluar, so the Verbs are also of the First Person Singular Number.
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Apabhramsa Grammar and Composition
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