Lesson 93: Vowels That Meet
Index · Lesson 92: He Has the Student Read · Lesson 94: The Visarga in Speech
Lesson 22: Joining Words writes a final म् as ं before a consonant. Vowels join too, in speech and in a verse. This book still writes the words apart, so the ending stays visible. Learn the joined line as what the ear hears.
| Written apart | Heard, and written in a verse | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| न अस्ति | नास्ति | अ or आ meets अ or आ and becomes आ. |
| सा इच्छति | सेच्छति | अ or आ meets इ or ई and becomes ए. |
| इति अस्ति | इत्यस्ति | इ or ई before a different vowel becomes य्. |
| वने अस्ति | वनेऽस्ति | ए before अ leaves ए, and the अ is marked with ऽ. |
सः and गुरुः are not in this table. Their final sound is visarga, which is Lesson 94: The Visarga in Speech.
| Sentence, as this book writes it | Heard |
|---|---|
| न अस्ति। | नास्ति. “It is not.” |
| सा इच्छति। | सेच्छति. “She wants.” |
| गुरो अस्ति। | The call गुरो ends in ओ. Before अस्ति the ear hears गुरोऽस्ति. This book writes गुरो अस्ति when the call is used that way. |
Practice
- Say न अस्ति, then नास्ति.
- Say सा इच्छति, then सेच्छति.
- Say इति अस्ति, then इत्यस्ति.
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Lesson 94: The Visarga in Speech is सो and गुरुर्, still written सः and गुरुः.