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Lesson 5
Pronoun
Amhe 1: We both/We all
First Person Plural Number Vayam S Intransitive Verbs
Hasa - To laugh Saya = To sleep Ņacca - To dance Rusa = To sulk Lukka - To hide Jagga = To wake up Jiva = To live
Present Tense
Amhe 1 Vayam )
Hasamo/Hasåmo/Hasimo/Hasemo/ Hasamu/Hasāmu/Hasimu/Hasemu/ Hasama/Hasáma/Hasima/Hasema
=
We both laugh. We all laugh.
Amhe) Vayam
Naccamo/Naccămo/Naccimo/Naccemo/ Naccamu/Naccamu/Naccimu/Naccemu/ -
We both dance.
We all dance. Naccama/Naccâma/Naccima/Naccema
Amhe Vayam si
Lukkamo/Lukkåmo/Lukkimo/Lukkemo/
We both hide. Lukkamu/Lukkamu/Lukkimu/Lukkemu/ =
We all hide. Lukkama/Lukkāma/Lukkima/Lukkema
Amhe
First Person Plural Number : We both/We all Vayam
(Personal Pronoun) In the First Person Plural of the Present Tense mo, mu and ma suffixes are used in the Verbs. In using ‘mo', 'mu' and 'ma' suffixes, the 'a' of a- ending Verbs is also changed into 'a', 'i' and 'e'. All the above verbs are Intransitive. All the above sentences are in the Active Voice. Here the Subject is in the First Person Plural, so the Verb is also of the First Person Plural Number.
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