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Getting started with Sanskrit grammar

Getting started with Sanskrit grammar. Inflectional form:. Root + Affix = Stem Stem + Inflectional ending = Word. Categories of verb inflection:. Voice: Active, Middle, Passive. Categories of verb inflection:. Person: 1 st , 2 nd , 3rd. Categories of verb inflection:.

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Getting started with Sanskrit grammar

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  1. Getting started with Sanskrit grammar

  2. Inflectional form: Root + Affix = Stem Stem + Inflectional ending = Word

  3. Categories of verb inflection: Voice: Active, Middle, Passive

  4. Categories of verb inflection: Person: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

  5. Categories of verb inflection: Number: Singular, Dual, Plural

  6. Categories of verb inflection: Mood: Indicative, Potential, Imperative, Injunctive

  7. Categories of verb inflection: Tense: Present, Imperfect (Present system) Future, Conditional (Future system) Aorist (Aorist system) Perfect (Perfect system)

  8. First conjugation active verbs in the present tense

  9. Agreement suffixes for the present tense (active voice):

  10. Active present-tense forms of bhç- `carry’ (present-tense stem bhara-):

  11. The Sanskrit cases: Nominative Vocative Accusative Instrumental Dative Ablative Genitive Locative

  12. Nominative forms of the personal pronouns:

  13. Uses of the nominative and accusative cases:

  14. Adpositions governing the accusative:

  15. Accusative forms of the personal pronouns:

  16. Gender: Usually, males are denoted by masculine nouns (e.g. nara- `man', masc.) and females by feminine nouns (e.g. strã- `woman', fem.); the gender assigned to nouns denoting sexless things has no clear semantic basis. There are, however, some fairly reliable correlations between a noun's gender and the form of its stem. e.g. stems in a are generally masculine and neuter, while stems in long vowels are mostly feminine.

  17. Short-a stem declension: aśva- `horse' (masc.)

  18. Short-a stem declension: dàna- `gift' (neut.)

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