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Lesson 53: Two Fathers

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Lesson 29: Mother and Father gives पितरौ as “two fathers,” and as the two parents. मातापितरौ names mother and father together. This lesson is the other two forms.

JobsFathersMothers
Subject, object, callपितरौमातरौ
With, for, fromपितृभ्याम्मातृभ्याम्
Of, inपित्रोःमात्रोः

भ्रातरौ, भ्रातृभ्याम्, and भ्रात्रोः are the brother.

SentenceMeaning
पितरौ गृहे स्तः।The two fathers are at home. The two parents can be meant by the same word. दुई बाबा घरमा हुनुहुन्छ।
मातापितरौ अहं सेवे।I serve mother and father.
पितृभ्यां सह अहं गच्छामि।I go with the two fathers.
इदं पित्रोः गृहम् अस्ति।This is the house of the two fathers. गृहम् keeps म् because अस्ति starts with a vowel.

Practice

  1. Say पितरौ, पितृभ्याम्, पित्रोः.
  2. Say मातापितरौ अहं सेवे।
  3. Say इदं पित्रोः गृहम् अस्ति।

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Lesson 54: This is इदम् in the jobs that are not only the subject.