#learning marathi

Possessive Adjectives-

First Person-

माझा (maazha) – my (masc.)

माझी (maajhi) – my (fem.)

माझे (maazhe) – my (neut./plural)

आमचा (aamtsa)- our (masc./mixed)

आमची (aamchi) - our (fem.)

आमचे (aamtse) – our (neut./plural)

Second Person-

तुझा (tuzha) - your (masc.)

तुझी (tujhi)- your (fem.)

तुझे (tuzhe)- your (neut./plural)

तुमचा (tumtsa)- your (masc./mixed)

तुमची (tumchi)- your (fem.)

तुमचे – (tumtse)- your (neut/plural)

Singular Demonstratives-

This (near)-

हा (ha)- masculine

ही (hi)- feminine

हे (he)- neutral

That (far)-

तो (to)- masculine

ती (ti)- feminine

ते (te)- neutral

Plural Demonstratives-

This (near)-

हे (he)- masculine

ह्या (hya)- feminine

ही (hi)- neutral

That (far)-

ते (te)- masculine

त्या (tya)- feminine

ती (ti)- neutral

Vocab (Family Members)-

Mother- आई (aai)- feminine

Father- वडील (vadeel)- masculine

Brother- भाऊ (bhau)- masculine

Sister- बहीण (baheen)- feminine

Vocab (Possessions)-

Cap- टोपी (Topi)- feminine

Bag- पिशवी (Pishvi)- feminine

Pen- पेन (Pen)- neutral

Book- पुस्तक (Pustak)- neutral

Name- नाव (Naav)- neutral

Fan- पंखा (Pankhaa)- masculine

Practice-

माझं नाव बसंती आहे (My name is Basanti)

हा माझा भाऊ आहे. (This is my brother.)

ती तुझी बहीण आहे का? (Is that your sister?)

हे आमचे पुस्तक आहे. (This is our book.)

ह्या तुमच्या पिशव्या आहेत. (These are your bags.)

Song of the Day-

Chandra, from Chandramukhi (2022)

In English, you express multiple verbs with a very straightforward 'and'. For instance, "Alka makes tea and drinks it."

In Marathi, however, there are two ways to express multiple verbs, depending on the context of your sentence.

If the verbs occur in succession, then the chronologically first verb is conjugated by removing -णे [-ṇe] and adding -ऊन [-ūn]. Therefore, to use the above example:

अल्का चहा बनवून पिते. [alkā cahā banavūn pite]

You could also translate this as "Having made tea, Alka drinks it".

Some more examples:

डीन अभ्यास करून वकील बनतो. [ḍīn abhyās karūn vakīl banlā] Dean studies and becomes a lawyer. (Having studied, Dean becomes a lawyer).

ग्रेसी विचार करून बटण दाबते. [gresī vicār karūn baṭaṇ dābte] Gracie thinks and presses the button. (Having thought, Gracie presses the button).

हेमा खाऊन ढेकर देते. [hemā khāūn ḍhekar dete] Hema eats and burps. (Having eaten, Hema burps).

However, this construction is only valid if the verbs are happening in succession.

On the other hand, if you are describing two verbs happening independently, you will use the same construction as in English, i.e. separating the verb with an 'and' word, such as आणि [āṇi] or व [va].

For instance,

मारियो धावतो आणि उडी मारतो. [māriyo dhāvto āṇi uḍī mārto] Mario runs and jumps.

Here, it is implied that Mario runs and jumps, but not necessarily in that sequence. We only learn that sometimes he runs, and sometimes he jumps.

If we were to say,

मारियो धावून उडी मारतो. [māriyo dhāvūn uḍī mārto]

It would imply that Mario runs before he jumps (which is also valid, but it bears a different meaning, that is to say that he makes a running jump).

Therefore, you can use आणि [āṇi] or व [va] to join a collection of verbs that do not occur in a set sequence:

ती अभ्यास करते, जेवते आणि झोपते. [tī abhyās karte, jevte āṇi zhopte] She studies, has meals, and sleeps.

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but then my grandpa called, and he's been bugging me forever to learn marathi. and he's always avoiding the subject like "i'm not going to tell you what i'm always telling you but you should do it" every time we talk. it's kinda funny actually...

anyway, so i figured that maybe my resolution should be actually learning marathi this year. because, what else is there to do? and this would make my grandpa happy, and then i wouldn't feel like that desi-loser who understands every desi language (well, only three) but can't speak any of them.