Lesson 8

Beginning Prayers:

• शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुम् - shuklaambaradharaM viShNum
• सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhyam 
• गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः - gururbrahmaa gururviShNuH 

Topic Summary:

• Question words
• Making question sentences

Home Work:

• Practice asking questions in day to day conversations 
• Revisit verb list and simple sentences

Topic Details:

With a few verbs in the vocabulary and a few simple sentences, we are ready to make start simple conversations!  A conversation comprises of at least two parties.  One asks a question and the other answers it.  How to ask questions, is the question now :).  Well, using questioning words, ofcourse!  Most questioning words in sanskrit start with क्.  There are exceptions always.  Below are a few such words

किम्	what
कुत्र	where
कः	who
किमर्थम्	why
कदा	when

Now putting together these words with verbs, makes questions!  Examples-

भवान् / भवती किम् पठति?
What will you read?

अहं पाठं पठामि।
I read a lesson.

भवान् / भवती किम् लिखति?
What will you write?

अहं पाठं लिखामि। 
I write a lesson.

भवान् / भवती किं पिबति?
What will you drink?

अहं जलं पिबामि।
I drink water.

कः जलं पिबति?
Who drinks water?

रमेशः जलं पिबति।
Ramesha drinks water.

कः उद्यानवनं गच्छति?
Who goes to the park?

प्रिया उद्यानवनं गच्छति।
Priyaa goes to the park.

प्रिया कुत्र गच्छति?
Where does Priyaa go?

प्रिया उद्यानवनं गच्छति।
Priyaa goes to the park.

भवान् / भवती किं करोति?
What do you do?

अहं पाठं पाठयामि।
I teach a lesson.

भवान् / भवती किमर्थं आगच्छति?
Why do you come?

अहं पठितुम् आगच्छामि।
I come to learn.

भवान् / भवती कदा आगच्छति ?
When will you come?

अहं श्वः आगच्छामि।
I will come tomorrow.

(Add भवान् / भवती as per gender, to the above sentences).

The rule to write र् in a samyuktaakShara were postponed earlier.  So, here they are -

If a र् comes before another consonant, then it is represented as 'a half sickle on top of the following consonant'.  Ex. र्क, as in तर्क (logic)
If a full र comes after any other half consonant, it takes the form of 'a slash under the consonant preceding it'.  Ex. क्र तक्र (curd).

Happy practicing!

Ending prayer:

•  ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् - aum pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

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