Summary:

All verses revise. How to construct class 1, 10 verb. Sentences with Ordinal numbers. Rule about Cardinal numbers.

Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One

This session deals with: General revision up to CH17.

Simple Future Vocabulary:

• This page is same as on pg 222 (but in devanāgarī).

Ordinal Numbers Revision:

• Rather use ordinal numbers (IE: first [prathama प्रथम], second [dvitīya द्वितीय]) — because declensions are easier then cardinals (IE: one [eka एक], two [dvi द्वि]).
• Ordinals are treated as adj. Agrees with gender/case of the noun. Num remains singular.
• If ordinal qualifies noun in:
  1. Masculine Gender:
     • Ordinal takes nara paradigm.
       
     • EG:
       • First man goes:       prathamaḥ naraḥ gacchati       प्रथमः नरः गच्छति
       • First two men go:   prathamaḥ narau gacchataḥ    प्रथमः नरौ गच्छतः
  2. Neuter Gender:
     • Ordinal takes phalam paradigm.
     • EG:
       • First fruit lives:                                       prathamam^NOM phalam^NOM vasati                प्रथमं फलं वसति 
       • Rāma speaks for his second family:  rāmaḥ dvitīyāya^DAT tasya kulāya^DAT vadati   रामः द्वितीयाय तस्य कुलाय वदति 
  3. Feminine Gender:
     • Ordinal takes either senā paradigm^LRB3 (or) nadī paradigm^LRB11.
       • How to know which?
         • See pg 158#6.  EG: prathama(mfn)^{takes senā}  VS.  caturtha(mf[ī]n)^{takes nadī}
     • EG:
       • Forth army comes:        caturthī senā āgacchati      चतुर्थी सेना आगच्छति
       • First armies conquer:   prathamā senāḥ jayanti      प्रथमा सेनाः जयन्ति
• Class exercises:
  • The (fifth child) speaks to the (second man).
  • The (fourth king) smiles at the (second elephant).
  • The (first boy) kisses ^(cumbati) the (fifth girl).
  • The (third girl) plays ^(krīḍati) with the (forth giver).
  • The (first husband) marries ^{(pariṇayati)} his (first wife).

How to decline Cardinal Numbers:

• See Lesson 71.

Homework:

• Do exercises PG 226, 5 a-j.

Questions:

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Recorded 8 Aug, 2021