Lesson15 Questions Conversation

saMskRt baalapuYpma\ 2

paz: 15 p`Xnaaina vaata-laap: ca Lesson 15 Questions and conversation You have practiced the cases 2 and 3 in previous lessons. Let us know how to frame questions in Sanskrit. Read the following sentences and understand the meaning.

rama: pzit . namaint . saIta gacCit . pXyaint . flaM ptit . Kolaint .

baalakaO

vadt:

lato Qaavat: .

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nara: maalaa:

iXalao t~ st: .

ima~aiNa

Now read the following words.

k: kaO ko - Who ? (used for masculine words) ka ko ka: - Who ? (used for feminine words) ikma\ ko kaina - What / who ? (used for neuter gender words) Now we try to frame questions: (try to replace the questionnaire in the place of nouns)

rama: pzit . k: pzit ? baalakaO vadt: . kaO vadt: ? nara: namaint . ko namaint ? saIta gacCit . ka gacCit ? lato Qaavat: . ko Qaavat: ? maalaa: pXyaint . ka: pXyaint ? flaM ptit . ikma\ ptit ? iXalao t~ st: . ko t~ st: ? ima~aiNa Kolaint . kaina Kolaint

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Framing questions with verbs:

rama: pzit . rama: ikM kraoit ? baalakaO vadt: . baalakaO ikM ku$t: ? nara: namaint . nara: ikM kuva-int ? AByaasa: 1 isaMh: Qaavait . ? ?

2 baalaa gacCit .

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3 EaIQar: sauroXa: ca ilaKt: . ? ?

4 Ananyaa saunaIta ca vaogaona Qaavat: . ? ?

5 iXaxak: Ca~a: ca prsprM vadint . ? ?

6 Kgaa: Kadint . ? ?

7 flaaina puYpaiNa p~aiNa ca naIcaO: ptint . ? ?

Question formation with 2nd case.

Xabd ekvacan iWvacan bahuvac a: ama\ ama\ anama\ baala baalama baalaaO baalaan \ a\ nar narma\ naraO narana\ pu$Ya pu$Yama\ pu$YaaO pu$Yaana \ 2

p`Xn ama\

kma\

kaO

kana\

pa~m a\ flama\ p`Xn ama\

pa~o

pa~o

pa~aiNa

flama\ ikma\

flao ko

flaaina kaina

lato maalao

lata: maalaa:

roKo ko

roKa: ka:

lata latama\ maala maalaam a a\ roKa roKa p`Xn kama\ ama\

kma\ kaO kana\ ikma\ ko kaina Meaning:

kama\

ko ka:

To whom/ what?, towards whom/what ? About whom/what ? *This is the common meaning of all three words and the first words indicates singular, second word dual and the third word indicates plural.

1 Ba>: dovaM namait .

Ba>: kma\ namait

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2 Ca~a: pazXaalaaM gacCint . Ca~a: kama\ gacCint ? 3 %vaM pazM pzisa . %vaM ikma\ pzisa ?

4 yaUyaM payasaM ipbaqa . yaUyaM ikma\ ipbaqa ? 5 AhM lataM pXyaaima . AhM kama\ pXyaaima ? 3

AByaasa: . 6 vayaM kivataM ilaKama: . ?

7 vaanara: flaaina Kadint . ?

8 AXvaa: GaasaM Kadint . ?

9 rama: EaIkRYNaM pXyait . ?

10 yauvaaM payasaM ipbaqa: . ? Question formation with 3nd case.

Xa ekvacan iWvacan bahuvac bd ama\ ama\ anama\ a: ba baalaon baalaaB baalaO: ala a yaama\ nar naroNa naraByaa narO: ma\ pu pu$YaoNa pu$YaaBy pu$YaO: $Y aama\ a AX AXvaona AXvaaBy AXvaO: va aama\ g gajaona gajaaBya gajaO: aja ama\ fla flaona flaaByaa flaO: ma\ p` kona kaByaa kO: Xn ma\ 4

am a\ l latyaa lataByaa lataiBa: ata ma\ ma maalayaa maalaaBy maalaaiB ala aama\ a: a r roKyaa roKaByaa roKaiBa: oK ma\ a p` kyaa kaByaa kaiBa: Xn ma\ am a\ kona kaByaama\ kO: kaByaaM kaiBa: Meaning:

kyaa

By whom, with whom, through whom ? *This is the meaning of all three words and the first words indicates singular, second word dual and the third word indicates plural.

1 AhM mama janakona sah ]VanaM gacCaima .- AhM kona sah ]VanaM gaCaima . 2 jalaona ivanaa jaIvaa: na jaIvaint . - kona ivanaa jaIvaa: na jaIvaint .

3 Alama\ k/IDnaona . - AlaM kona . 4 AhM Qanaona hIna: Aisma . - AhM kona hIna: Aisma .

5 Ca~a: AcaayaoNa saaQa-M vadint .

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Ca~a: kona saaQa-M vadint .

6 sa: janakona sama: Aist .

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sa: kona

sama: Aist .

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7 pvana: vaatayanaona AagacCit .

- The

wind blows through the window.

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8 manauYyaa: padaByaaM gacCint . walk with two legs.

- People

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9 maRgaa: padO: Qaavaint .

- Animals run

with legs.

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10 janaa: kNaa-ByaaM gaItM XaRNvaint. hear music with two ears.

- People

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11 Kgaa: pxaaByaaM ]%ptint .

- Birds fly with two

wings.

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12 vayaM hstaByaaM namaama: . salute with two hands.

- We all

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13 to mauKona gaayaint .

- They all sing

through mouth.

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14 jaIvaa: dntO: BaaojanaM cava-int . things chew the food with teeth.

- Living

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15 sa: dNDona maRgaM taDyait .

- He hits the

animal with the stick.

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