Lesson 50: Two Teachers
Index · Lesson 49: Those Verbs in the Past · Lesson 51: Two Fires
Lesson 25: The Teacher's Endings is one teacher, and more than two. Two teachers are three forms. The same three cover the eight jobs. The verb is the dual from Lesson 20: The Dual.
| Jobs | Form |
|---|---|
| Subject, object, call | गुरू |
| With, for, from | गुरुभ्याम् |
| Of, in | गुर्वोः |
| Sentence | Meaning |
|---|---|
| गुरू पठतः। | The two teachers study. दुई गुरु पढ्नुहुन्छ। |
| अहं गुरू पश्यामि। | I see the two teachers. |
| गुरुभ्यां सह अहं गच्छामि। | I go with the two teachers. गुरुभ्याम् is written गुरुभ्यां before a consonant. |
| इदं गुर्वोः पुस्तकम् अस्ति। | This is the book of the two teachers. पुस्तकम् keeps म् because अस्ति starts with a vowel. |
वायु, बन्धु, and शत्रु take गुरू, गुरुभ्याम्, and गुर्वोः when they mean two.
Practice
- Say गुरू, गुरुभ्याम्, गुर्वोः.
- Say गुरू पठतः।
- Say गुरुभ्यां सह अहं गच्छामि।
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Lesson 51: Two Fires is the dual of अग्निः.