Names, Verbs, and Cases
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Himanshu R Pota - himanshu.pota@gmail.com
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Names
Sachin-सचिन purity, Lathika-लतिका creeper,
Rishi-ऋषि sage, Rahul-राहुल (a proper name), Shekhur-शेखर pinnacle, Sangeeta-संगीता music , Balkrishna-बालकृष्ण child-Krishna, Arun-अरुण red,
Raj-राज kingdom, Ravi-रवि the sun.
Shanti-शान्ति peace, Shivani-शिवानी wife of Shiva,
Nirmala-निर्मल pure, Gauri-गौरी wife of Shiva, Shalini-शालीनी humble, Prathiba-प्रतिभा splendour, Soumya-सौम्या pleasant, Kumar-कुमार young, Prakash-प्रकाश light, Kirit-किरीट crown,
Sangeeta-संगीता music, Rashmi-रश्मि ray, Radha-राधा
wife of Krishna, Jasvinder-जस्विन्दर (Punjabi name),
Kareena-करीना (a proper name), Rajesh-राजेश best of
kings, Mohan-मोहन stealer of hearts, Pratap-प्रताप
majesty,
Arjun-अर्जुन clear, Prakash-प्रकाश light,
Gitanjali-गीतांजली an offering of songs, Priya-प्रिया
beloved, Krishna-कृष्ण black, Sachin-सचिन existence,
Anil-अनिल wind, Ravi-रवि the sun, Sanjeev-संजीव
bringing to life, Kiran-किरण a ray, Preeti-प्रिती love,
Pushpa-पुष्पा flower, Avantika-अवन्तिका name of a holy
city, Sunil-सुनील blue, Naveen-नवीन new, Vivek-विवेक
discrimination, Rohit-रोहित red, Pratap-प्रताप
brilliance, Niru-निरू short form of निरूपम meaning
uncomparable, Nehru-नेहरू (a proper name), Deepti-दीप्ती
shining, Uma-उमा fame and wife of Shiva,
Harsha-हर्ष happiness, Naveen-नवीन new, Arun-अरुण
red, Vikram-विक्रम heroism, Dinesh-दिनेश king of suns or
king of days, Divya-दिव्या divine, Sagita-सगीत with
songs, Pallivi-पल्लवी young sprouts, Kavita-कविता poem,
Neha-नेहा affectionate.
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Cases
- Sachin goes. सचिन जाता है| (Nominative case for the subject)
- Lathika goes home. लतिका घर को जाती है| (Accusative
case for the object)
- Rishi goes by car. ऋषि कार से जाता है| (Instrumental
case for the instrument)
- Rahul goes for eating. राहुल खाने के लिये जाता है|
(Dative case)
- Shekhar goes from the house. शेखर घर से जाता है|
(ablative case for separation)
- Sangeeta goes to Balkrishna's house. संगीता बालकृष्ण के
घर जाती है| (Possissive case)
- Arun goes in the house. अरुण घर में जाता है| (Locative
case)
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Verbs
Make sentence with the following verbs in all seven cases.
- to go, to come, to do, to eat, do drink-जाना, आना, करना,
खाना, पीना|
- to sleep, to drive, to walk, to read, to buy-सोना, चलाना,
चलना, पढ़ना, खरीदना|
- to do, to want, to have, to take, to come-करना, चाहना,
पास होना/रखना, लेना, आना|
- to see, to read, to smell, to listen, to explore-देखना,
पढ़ना, सूंघना, सुनना, खोजना|
- to get, to look, to take, to give, to make-पाना, देखना,
लेना, देना, बनाना|
- to think, to bring, to feel, to forget-सोचना, लाना, अनुभव
करना, भूलना|
- to program, to discover, to throw, to catch, to clean- program
करना, खोजना, फेंकना, पकड़ना, साफ करना|
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