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Lesson 52: Two Rivers

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Lesson 27: The River is one river, and more than two. Two rivers are नद्यौ. देवी, पुत्री, and पत्नी take the same three forms for two.

JobsForm
Subject, object, callनद्यौ
With, for, fromनदीभ्याम्
Of, inनद्योः
SentenceMeaning
नद्यौ वहतः।The two rivers flow. वहति means “it flows,” and it follows पठति. The dual is वहतः. दुई नदी बग्छन्।
अहं नद्यौ पश्यामि।I see the two rivers.
नदीभ्यां जलं लभे।I obtain water from the two rivers. The from-form is नदीभ्याम्, written नदीभ्यां before a consonant.
नद्योः तीरे अहं तिष्ठामि।I stand on the bank of the two rivers.

Practice

  1. Say नद्यौ, नदीभ्याम्, नद्योः.
  2. Say नद्यौ वहतः।
  3. Say नद्योः तीरे अहं तिष्ठामि।

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Lesson 53: Two Fathers is the rest of the dual of पितृ.