Prakrit Grammar and Composition

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy

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Lesson 2
Pronoun Tumam/Tum/Tuha = You Second Person Singular Number 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
Tumaṁ Tum
Hasasi/Hasase/Hasesi
-You laugh.
Tuha
Tumam Tum Tuha
Tumm}
Naccasi/Naccase/Naccesi
= You dance.
Tumam Tum Tuha
Lukkasi/Lukkase/Lukkesi
=You hide.
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Tumam/Tum/Tuha - You, Second Person Singular Number
(Personal Pronoun). in Ardhamågadhi Tumam, Tum, Tume are used. (Pischel, Grammar of the Prāksta Languages, P. 617) In the Second Person Singular of the Present Tense 'si' and 'se' suffixes are used in the Verbs. In using 'si' suffix in the Verbs, 'a' of 'a-ending' Verbs is also changed into 'e'. If there is no 'a'-ending Verb, 'se' suffix is not used. (see lesson
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All the above verbs are Intransitive. All the above sentences are in the Active Voice. In these sentences Person and Number of the Verbs are according to the Subject. Here Tumam/Tum/Tuha is in the Second Person Singular, so the Verbs are also of the Second Person Singular Number.
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