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Aham/Ham/Ammi = I
Intransitive Verbs
Hasa - To laugh
Rusa - To sulk
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Jiva
- To live
Aham
Ham
Ammi
Aham
Ham
Ammi
Aham
Ham
Ammi
Lesson 1
Pronoun
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First Person Singular Number
Saya
Lukka To hide
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To sleep
Präkrta Grammar and Composition
Present Tense
Nacca
Jagga
Hasami/Hasāmi/Hasemi
Lukkami/Lukkämi/Lukkemi
= To dance
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Naccami/Naccami/Naccemi = I dance.
To wake up
= I laugh.
1. Aham/Haṁ/Ammi = 1, First Person Singular Number (Personal Pronoun).
For Private & Personal Use Only
2. In the First Person Singular of the Present Tense mi suffix is used in the Verbs. In using mi suffix in the Verbs a of a-ending Verbs is also changed into ȧ and e.
3. Sometimes in place of 'Hasami' 'Hasami' etc. 'Hasam', 'Naccam' etc. forms are used (Hem. Pr. Gr. 3-141).
= I hide.
4. 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 laugh', in this sentence, the effect of laughing is on I, and the Verb 'laugh' has no object.
5. All the above sentences are in the Active Voice. In these sentences Person and Number of the Verbs are according to the Subject, Aham/Ham/Ammi. Here Aham/Ham/Ammi is in the First Person Singular, so the Verbs are also of the First Person Singular Number.
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