Lesson 14 ----- About Him and Her and not forgetting It. | Lesson Index

Lesson 14. About Him and Her and not forgetting It.

Little Bo-Peep, Little Bo-Peep lost Little Bo-Peep's sheep,
And didn't know where to find the sheep.

Doesn't sound quite like the one we learnt at kindergarten, does it?
Without those pronouns, the nursery rhyme sounds horrendous. And so will our sentences if we don't begin with their study and use.

We have already, albeit unwittingly, been using pronouns... but only the subject forms. If i say, 'अहं सः पश्यामि,' i would make no sense at all. i must use the object form and say," अहं तं पश्यामि|" i see him.

Pronoun table, where art thou? We need you desperately right now!

तद् ( वह ) पुंल्लिङ्गम् That/ He

विभक्तिः	एकवचनम्	द्विवचनम्	बहुवचनम्
प्रथमा subject	सः	तौ	ते
द्वितीया object	तम्	तौ	तान्
तृतीया by, with	तेन	ताभ्याम्	तैः

तद् (वह ) नपुंसकलिङ्गम् That/ It

विभक्तिः	एकवचनम्	द्विवचनम्	बहुवचनम्
प्रथमा subject	तत् / तद्	ते	तानि
द्वितीया object	तत् / तद्	ते	तानि
तृतीया by, with	तेन	ताभ्याम्	तैः

तद् (वह ) स्त्रीलिङ्गम् That / She

विभक्तिः	एकवचनम्	द्विवचनम्	बहुवचनम्
प्रथमाsubject	सा	ते	ताः
द्वितीया object	ताम्	ते	ताः
तृतीया by, with	तया	ताभ्याम्	ताभिः

Compare the तद् (That )tables with the एतद् (This).

एतद् (यह) पुंल्लिङ्गम् This/ He

विभक्तिः	एकवचनम्	द्विवचनम्	बहुवचनम्
प्रथमा subject	एषः	एतौ	एते
द्वितीया object	एतम्	एतौ	एतान्
तृतीया by, with	एतेन	एताभ्याम्	एतैः

एतद् (यह) नपुंसकलिङ्गम् This/ It

विभक्तिः	एकवचनम्	द्विवचनम्	बहुवचनम्
प्रथमा subject	एतत् / एतद्	एते	एतानि
द्वितीया object	एतत् / एतद्	एते	एतानि
तृतीया by, with	एतेन	एताभ्याम्	एतैः

एतद् (यह) स्त्रीलिङ्गम् This/ She

विभक्तिः	एकवचनम्	द्विवचनम्	बहुवचनम्
प्रथमा subject	एषा	एते	एताः
द्वितीया object	एताम्	एते	एताः
तृतीया by, with	एतया	एताभ्याम्	एताभिः

Brain teaser:

Notice how pronouns do not have the "whatever कारान्त " tag. Can anyone tell me what i mean by that statement?
Early bird prizes!

One glance at today's lesson and all of you will be screaming," Off with the teacher's head! How can we be expected to memorize six new tables in one session?"
My dears, first of all, go through the Jagadeeshah Lesson no. 5. Are you done? Now look carefully at the lot. Concentrate on the तद्. You already know the subject forms of पु० and स्त्री० | The तृ० वि० of the पु० and the नपु० are the same. The first two vibhaktis of the नपु० are identical.

Now concentrate on the एतद् | Ditto similarities. Even better...the एतद् and the तद् group rhyme, gender for gender.
AND if you have been conscientious students, you would have memorized the first three noun vibhaktis of all genders. AND you will realize that but for a few exceptions, pronouns rhyme with their noun gender counterparts- अकारान्त पु० , अकारान्त नपु०, अकारान्त स्त्री० So i cannot be accused of overburdening my students. Not at all.

That should give you a fairly good idea. Shall we move on to our exercise session? No, no, not the gym kind, the pencil- paper one!
Over to Lesson 14. A. ( By the way, please do not miss Supplement 6 and Supplement 7 ...they contain the complete तद् and एतद् tables.)

Let us proceed to Exercises in Lesson 14 A

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