Lesson 21: Two Women, Two Books
Index · Lesson 20: The Dual · Lesson 22: Joining Words
Lesson 20 was two men. The number is still द्विवचन. Two women, as a subject, are छात्रे. Two books are पुस्तके. द्वे means “two” for women and for things. The other jobs match the two men: “with,” “for,” and “from” still end in आभ्याम्, and “of” and “in” still end in योः.
ते is “those two” for women, and also for things. The same spelling, in Lesson 3, is more than two men. More than two women is ताः. The verb shows which sentence you have. पठतः is two. पठन्ति is more than two.
Two women you call तपाईं are भवत्यौ. The verb is पठतः.
| Sentence | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ते छात्रे पठतः। | The two women study. दुई विद्यार्थिनी पढ्छन्। |
| ताः छात्राः पठन्ति। | The women study, more than two. This is Lesson 8. |
| द्वे छात्रे गच्छतः। | Two women go. |
| गुरुः ते छात्रे पश्यति। | The teacher sees the two women. The object is छात्रे. |
| ते पुस्तके स्तः। | There are two books. दुई पुस्तक छन्। |
| तानि पुस्तकानि सन्ति। | There are books, more than two. This is Lesson 9. |
| अहं द्वे पुस्तके पश्यामि। | I see two books. |
| इदं पुस्तकं छात्राभ्याम् अस्ति। | This book is for the two women. छात्राभ्याम् is spelled the same as for two men. |
| इदं छात्रयोः पुस्तकम् अस्ति। | This is the two women’s book. |
| ते गते। | The two women have gone. |
छात्रे ज्ञानम् अस्ति। “Knowledge is in the student.” That छात्रे is one man, Lesson 1, and the verb is singular.
ते छात्रे पठतः। “Those two women study.” The verb is पठतः.
ते छात्राः पठन्ति। “Those men study,” more than two. That ते is Lesson 3’s “they,” and छात्राः is the masculine plural.
पुस्तके ज्ञानम् अस्ति। “Knowledge is in the book.” That पुस्तके is one book, Lesson 5.
ते पुस्तके स्तः। “Those are two books.” The verb is स्तः.
भवत्यौ कुत्र गच्छतः। “Where are you two going?” Said to two women at the तपाईं level.
Practice
- Say ते छात्रे पठतः, “the two women study.”
- Say ते पुस्तके स्तः, “there are two books.”
- Say ताः छात्राः पठन्ति, “the women study,” and keep it beside the two-woman sentence.
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Lesson 22: Joining Words is how बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि is said from the separate words.