In lesson 13, we looked at past passive and active participles. In this lesson we will look at verbal prefixes and continuatives. A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] We saw that the root √gam √गम् means "go". When you add the prefix "ā आ" … Continue reading Lesson 14 – Verbal prefixes and Continuatives
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Lesson 13 – Past participles, passive and active
In the previous lesson, lesson 12, we looked at present participles. In this lesson, we will look at past participles, both passive and active. A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] We have encountered the past passive participle many times in our stories. … Continue reading Lesson 13 – Past participles, passive and active
Lesson 12 – Present Participles
After a review of previous lessons (see lesson 11) we are ready to move ahead with newer concepts Welcome to lesson 12. A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson we will look at present participles (active and middle). The present participle … Continue reading Lesson 12 – Present Participles
Lesson 11 – A Review
Welcome to oursanskrit.com Lesson 11. This lesson is a review of what we have learned so far. A short YouTube version is available here. Lesson 1 was an introduction. We started by looking at the concept of inflection - declension and conjugation. We said that Sanskrit is a highly inflected language.We also said that all words in Sanskrit … Continue reading Lesson 11 – A Review
Lesson 10 – The Imperative and the Optative
Welcome to Lesson 10. Let us start with an exercise: Translate into English: upadeśo hi mūrkhānāṃ prakopāya na śāntaye | payaḥpānaṃ bhujaṃgānāṃ kevalaṃ viṣavardhanam उपदेशो हि मूर्खानां प्रकोपाय न शान्तये | पयःपानं भुजंगानां केवलं विषवर्धनम् [Hint: The message in this verse is the same as the message in the Hitopadeśa story “The Birds And The Monkeys” dealt with … Continue reading Lesson 10 – The Imperative and the Optative
Lesson 9 – Pronouns, Relatives and Numerals
A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, we will look at pronouns, relatives and numerals. Pronouns In Sanskrit, the pronouns have some marked peculiarities of inflection. Please go to the reference section on Pronouns and Pronomial Stems for a full … Continue reading Lesson 9 – Pronouns, Relatives and Numerals
Lesson 8 – A story from the Hitopadeśa
Welcome to Lesson 8. A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, as we did in Lesson 4, we will look at a story from the Hitopadeśa and see how what we studied so far has been applied in actual sentence … Continue reading Lesson 8 – A story from the Hitopadeśa
Lesson 7 – Declension of stems ending in consonants
Declension of stems ending in consonants A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In lesson 2, we looked at the declension of an "a"ending masculine. The full set of paradigms for nouns/adjectives ending in vowels are given in the reference here. Please refer … Continue reading Lesson 7 – Declension of stems ending in consonants
Lesson 6 – The imperfect middle
A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, lesson 6, we will look at the imperfect middle voice of verbs of classes 1,4,6 and 10 and consonant Sandhis. The imperfect middle - लङ् (laṅ) आत्मने पदम् (ātmane padam) We saw the endings … Continue reading Lesson 6 – The imperfect middle
Lesson 5 – The imperfect active and vowel Sandhis
A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, the fifth one, we will learn the imperfect active of thematic verbs and vowel Sandhis. It is important to learn Sandhis as any full sentence written in Sanskrit is sure to contain Sandhis. … Continue reading Lesson 5 – The imperfect active and vowel Sandhis
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