Lesson 13: Those
Index · Lesson 12: He, She, and That · Lesson 14: Adjectives
Lesson 3 used ते, ताः, and तानि as “they.” This lesson is the other jobs of those words. The idea matches the noun plurals in Lessons 7 through 9. A few of the forms differ, so learn this column on its own.
| Case | Men | Women | Things |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | ते | ताः | तानि |
| Object | तान् | ताः | तानि |
| With, by | तैः | ताभिः | तैः |
| For | तेभ्यः | ताभ्यः | तेभ्यः |
| From | तेभ्यः | ताभ्यः | तेभ्यः |
| Of | तेषाम् | तासाम् | तेषाम् |
| In, at | तेषु | तासु | तेषु |
“For them” and “from them” share a form. Women’s “of them” is तासाम्. Lesson 8’s “of the women students” was छात्राणाम्. The pronoun has its own “of” form.
| Sentence | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अहं तान् पश्यामि। | I see them, the men. |
| अहं ताः पश्यामि। | I see them, the women. |
| अहं तानि पश्यामि। | I see those things. |
| ते तेषां पुस्तकानि पठन्ति। | They read their books. तेषाम् means “their,” for the men. उनीहरूका पुस्तकहरू पढ्छन्। |
| इदं तासां पुस्तकम् अस्ति। | This is their book, the women’s. |
| ते तेषु गृहेषु सन्ति। | They are in those houses. गृहेषु is from Lesson 9. उनीहरू ती घरहरूमा छन्। |
| अहं तेभ्यः शृणोमि। | I hear from them. |
Practice
- Say अहं तान् पश्यामि, “I see them.”
- Say इदं तासां पुस्तकम् अस्ति, “this is their book.”
- Say ते तेषु गृहेषु सन्ति, “they are in those houses.”
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Lesson 14: Adjectives is a describing word that takes the noun’s ending.