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Lesson 6 2
Obligatory and Potential Participle'(Its use in the Passive Voice)
For expressing the purport of 'should be got', 'should be protected' etc.' Obligatory and Potential Participle is used in Praksta. This Participle is formed by adding the following suffixes to the Verbs. avva, yavva, tavva, davva (ņiya). (See Lesson 49). For using this Participle in Passive Voice, the subject is changed into the Instrumental Case (Singular or Plural), the object is changed into the Nominative Case (Singular or Plural) and the Participle is inflected according to the Gender and Number of the changed object in the Nominative Case. In the Masculine Gender, the inflection will be according to 'Deva', in the Neuter Gender the inflection will be according to 'Kamala' and in the Feminine Gender the inflexion will be according to 'Kahā'. Obligatory and Potential Participle used in the Passive Voice is formed from the Transitive Verbs. Transitive Verbs - Kiņa - To buy Rakkha : To protcet Labha To obtain Jháa = To meditate Khama - To forgive Pia (Piba) -To drink Gana - To count Peccha : To see Dhåra To carry Pesa - To send Bandha - To tie
(i) Instrumental Masculine
Gender Samina
Hatthi
Obligatory and Potential Participle Kiņiavvo/Kiņidavvo/ - An elephant Kiņitavvo/Kiņaņiyo/ should be Kiņeavvo/Kiņedavvo/ purchased Kinetavvo
by the master.
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This Participle is also called : (a) Obligatory and Potential Participle Passive Participle (b) Future Passive Participle (C) Gerundives.
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