Lesson 29 A. Appetizer Lesson Exercise with the past tense.
Fun information:
The word for yesterday is ह्यस् ( More common, is its form ह्यः) । Words for days of the week and the names of the days of the week, will be fun to use. Here goes.... Begin with today, then read upwards. Read today again, then go downwards.
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प्रपरह्यः |
The day before the day before yesterday. phew! |
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परह्यः
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The day before yesterday |
| ह्यः | yesterday |
| अद्य | today |
| श्वः | tomorrow |
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परश्वः
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the day after tomorrow |
| प्रपरश्वः | the day after the day after tomorrow |
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रविवासरः |
Sunday |
| सोमवासरः | Monday |
| मङ्गलवासरः | Tuesday |
| बुधवासरः | Wednesday |
| गुरुवासरः | Thursday |
| शुक्रवासरः |
Friday |
| शनिवासरः | Saturday |
i can say " प्रपरश्वः शनिवासरः " and i'll convey the message that the day after the day after tomorrow is Saturday !
ह्यः मङ्गलवासरः would mean: Yesterday was Tuesday. See how the अस् धातु needn't be used at all!
Shall we try and use these words as well in today's exercise?
The Word bank is given below.
| Nouns/Pronouns | Verbs | Avyayas |
| योजना plan F | सद् (सीद् ) 1.P.P. to sit. |
परस्परम् one another
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| वासरः day M |
Translate:
1. I thought of a plan.
2. He swam in the lake.
3. The day before yesterday was Monday.
4. When I gave you a fruit yesterday, then you sat down on a chair and ate it.
5. When Bharat saw Rama , he rejoiced.
6. The Kauravas and the Pandavas fought in Kurukshetra.
7. He told me that he saw me with Shobha in the restaurant yesterday.
8. I did my work very quickly.
9. We were friends, but we fought and now we do not speak amongst one another. ( No, not difficult.....try it out!)
10. We bought milk from the market and later drank it. ( in times of trouble, use the कृ धातु । )
2. He swam in the lake.
3. The day before yesterday was Monday.
4. When I gave you a fruit yesterday, then you sat down on a chair and ate it.
5. When Bharat saw Rama , he rejoiced.
6. The Kauravas and the Pandavas fought in Kurukshetra.
7. He told me that he saw me with Shobha in the restaurant yesterday.
8. I did my work very quickly.
9. We were friends, but we fought and now we do not speak amongst one another. ( No, not difficult.....try it out!)
10. We bought milk from the market and later drank it. ( in times of trouble, use the कृ धातु । )
Answers follow in Lesson 29 B
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