Prakrit Grammar and Composition

SR No.: 006532
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 310
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Grammar
File Size: 8 MB

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Lesson 9
Pronoun
Aham/Haṁ/Ammi = I
First Person Singular Number
Intransitive Verbs
Hasa - To laugh Rūsa =To sulk Jiva : To live
Saya = To sleep Lukka - To hide
Ņacca - To dance Jagga = To wake up
Imperative
Aham Ham
Hasamu/Hasámu/ Hasimu/Hasemu
- I should/may laugh.
Ammi
Aham Ham Ammi
Naccamu/Naccămu/ Naccimu/Naccemu
= I should/may dance.
Aham Ham Ammi
Lukkamu/Lukkāmu/ Lukkimu/Lukkemu
- I should/may hide.
1. Aham/Ham/Ammi = 1, First Person Singular (Personal Pronoun)
2. For expressing command, injunction, prayer etc. the suffixes of
Imperative are used in the Verbs.
3. (i) 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 also into 'a', 'l', and 'e'.
(ii) In Ardhamăgadhi, the suffixes of the First Person Singular of the Imperative are ‘ejjā' and 'ejjāmi’. Thus the verbal inflexion of 'Hasa' will be ‘Hasejja, 'Hasejjami'. (Pischel p. 680)
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