________________
Lesson 4 7
Intransitive Verbs (use in the Impersonal form)
Nouns
a-ending Masculine Gender Narinda
a-ending Neuter Gender Kamala
å-ending Feminine Gender Sasă
Intransitive Verbs
Hasa To laugh
Vaddha To increase
=
Pronouns
Amha
(Personal Pronoun
First Person, Nominative
Singular)
Jain Education International
-
Aham/Ham/Ammi
Tumha-Tumaṁ/Tum/Tuha
(Personal Pronoun -
Second Person, Nominative Singular)
Ta →So (Masculine)
(Personal Pronoun
Third Person, Nominative
Singular)
Ta-Så (Feminine)
(Personal Pronoun
Third Person, Nominative
Singular)
Jagga = To wake up
Viasa = To bloom
-
The above-mentioned Verbs are Intransitive. Intransitive Verbs are used in the Nominative case and in the Impersonal form. For the construction of the Impersonal forms from the Intransitive Verbs, 'ijja' and 'ia', 'iya' suffixes are added to the Verbs. In the Impersonal forms the subject is used in the Instrumental case (Singular or Plural). After adding the suffixes of the Impersonal form to the Verbs, suffixes (i, e, di, de) of the Third Person Singular Number are added. The Impersonal form is formed in the Present Tense, Past Tense and in the
Prákrta Grammar and Composition
For Private & Personal Use Only
99
www.jainelibrary.org
