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SimpleSanskritLesson2
PostedonApril12,2012April12,2012byslabhyankar

SimpleSanskritLesson2

Sentencesinthefirstlessonweresimple.Yetsimplestsentenceinanylanguageisasingleword
sentence,whichisofteninimperativemood.ForexampleGo.Althoughitisasentencewith
singleword,whichisaverb,thesubjectisimplicit.Gomeans(You)go.
InSanskritalso,itwouldbeasinglewordsentence,.Butifoneisaddressingtwopeopleto
go,onewouldsayandifoneisaddressingmorethantwopersons,then.

Addressinganybodyinthesecondpersonisnotconsideredgoodlinguisticetiquee.InSanskrit
thereisarespectfulpronounofthesecondpersonandittakesverbsinthirdperson!Thepronoun
is.Thispronounalsohasstructuringaccordingtogenderandnumber.Sothepronounforms

becomeasinTable1below.
Table21
Gender

Singular Dual Plural

Masculine

Feminine

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Neuter

Withthiswehavenow9morepronounsubjectsavailabletomake9moresentencesforthe16

sdetailedinLesson1!!So,144moresentences!!!
AllthepronounsinTable1will,asmentionedabovetakeverbsinthirdperson.So,forthe,
the9sentencesinpresenttensewillbeasinTable2.

Table22
PresenttenseofforpronounsinTable1

Gender

Singular

Dual

Plural

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

Thesearethesentencesinpresenttense.Comingbacktotheimperativemoodcalledas
the
verbalformsinthirdpersonforthe,
are

Havingmentionedtheverbalformsinimperativemoodbothforsecondpersonandalsointhird
person,inSanskritthestructureismadecompletebyprovidingformsalsoforrstperson!This
maynotbeneeded.Butpoeticjusticemayneedaddressingevenoneselfintheimperativemood!
Sanskritprovidesforthat!!Sotheverbalformsinimperativemoodforthe,
aretabulated

inTable3.
Table23
FormsinImperativemood
forverbalroot

Person

Singular Dual Plural

First

Second

Third

InSanskrittheimperativemoodalsohastheshadeofblessingorthatshadeofmeaning,whichis2/6

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InSanskrittheimperativemoodalsohastheshadeofblessingorthatshadeofmeaning,whichis
implicitintheEnglishauxiliaryverbmay.Elderswouldoftenblessyoungsterssaying
.

(
=good,happy,pleasant,blissful
=mayitbe)Ascanbeappreciated,thesubjecthereis

it.HencetheImperative,thirdperson,singularformof

is
(=mayitbe)
ImperativemoodisalsousedforthemeaningasoftheEnglishauxiliaryverblet.Tosay,Letit
beinSanskritwewouldsayitinasingleword.
Thatisimperativethirdpersonsingularof
the
(=tobe).

ScripturesofallreligionsadvocateSpeakthetruth,bewithrighteousbehaviour

.
Hereandareimperative,secondperson,singularformsforthe
sand
.The
implicitsubjectisyou.
Itisveryimportantandusefultolearntheimperativemood.
Wecanaddafewmorenew
sintoourdiction.
Table24
FormsinImperativemood
forfewmorenew
s
No.

VerbalRoot

Meaning

FormsinImperativemood

17

tomoveabout,to
goabout,to
conductoneself

18

tomeet

19

toread

20

tofall

21

tosee

22

toleave,to
forsake,tocast
off

23

towrite

24

toask

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With15pronounformsnotedinLesson1and9moreinTable1here,wenowhave24pronoun
forms
.Takingtheseassubjectswecanmake24sentencesinimperativemoodfor
eachofthe25
s.Thatgivesscopetopractise600sentencesinimperativemoodandofcourse
600sentencesinpresenttensetotal1200sentences!!
25

tohear,tolisten
to

Ofcourseamongthe16
sinLesson1,thereweresomewithpeculiarforms.Itshouldbe
appropriatetohavetheirformsinimperativemoodalso.Formsinimperativemoodforall16

sofLesson1areprovidedinTable5below.
Table25
Formsinimperativemoodforall16
sofLesson1
No.

Meaning

FormsinImperativemood

togo

tosay,tospeak

tocome

togotowards,to
gounto

++

toreturn

todo

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toeat

todrink

tobe

10

tobe,tobecome,to
bepresent

11

tosit

12

tostand,tohalt,to
stop

13

tostandup

14

togive

15

or

totake,toreceive,
toaccommodate

16

toknow,to
becomeaware

IamveryhappythathavingstudiedPresentTenseinLesson1itoccurredtomesogoodtotake
upImperativemood
intheLesson2.Thereissuchaclosecorrespondenceintheformsof
PresentTenseand
ascanbeseeninTable6below.
Table26
correspondenceintheformsofPresentTenseand
: formsofPresentTense

formsof

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ThisobservationshouldhelpanyonetohavebyoneselftheformsinPresentTenseforthenew9

sintroducedinTable4inthisLesson.
Theexerciseofbuildingallthe1200sentencescanbedoneonlywhentheformsinPresentTense
forthenew9
sintroducedinTable4inthisLessonarealsodone.
MyremarkforwhatthisblogisaboutisAneasypacedapproachtolearnSanskrit.Evenwhen
sayingeasypacedapproachtheexercisesforlesson1werefor240sentences.Andnowthe
numberforlessons1and2togetherbecomes1200sentences!Buttheyarealljusttwoword
sentencesapronounformasthesubjectandthecorrespondingverbform.Thatisnotdifficult.
Itiseasypaced!!Justdoit!!!

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