First Book of Sanskrit - Lesson I - 03

Exercise Page 5 - Solutions

वदामि vadAmi - (I) speak
रक्षसि raxasi - (You) protect
पतति patati - (It) falls
बोधसि bodhasi - (You) understand
सरसि sarasi - (You) move
नयामि nayAmi - (I) lead
वससि vasasi - (You) dwell
सरामि sarAmi - (I) move
गच्छति gachChati - (He) goes
अद्ति adti - (He) eats
नयति nayati - (He) leads
बोधामि bodhAmi - (I) understand
भवति bhavati - (He/ She/ It) is
अत्ति atti - (He) eats
अस्ति asti - is

First Book of Sanskrit - Lesson I - 02

i. In the first conjugation अ is added to the root
ii. Prior to that the final vowel and the penultimate short of roots take their गुण (guNa) substitute

The गुण (guNa) function is defined as follows:

guNa [इ, ई ] --> ए
guNa [उ,ऊ ] --> ओ
guNa [ऋ, ॠ ] --> अर्
guNa [ऌ ] --> अल्

Example
first conjugation[ भू ] => भ् + guNa[ऊ] + अ = भ् + ओ + अ = भव्

First Book of Sanskrit - Lesson I - 01

Parasmaipada - Present Tense - Singular Termination

Roots of the First Conjugation
गम् गच्छ् - gam gachCh - to go
नी नय् - nI nay - to lead, to carry
पत् - pat - to fall
बुध् बोध् - budh bodh - to know, to understand
भू भव् - bhU bhav - to be, to become
रक्ष् - rax - to protect
वद् - vad - to speak
वस् - vas - to reside
सृ सर् - sRRi sar - to move