Stuck on You - Lionel Richie (The Best Of Me)

Stuck on you! Attached Pronouns!





The topic of the day would be Attached Pronouns...yes stuck on you.


Sanskrit has both detached pronouns and attached pronouns.


Detached Pronouns:



सः(He)            तौ(they-dual)                                                ते(they)  


सा(She)           ते(they-dual)                                                ताः(they) 



त्वम्(You)       युवाम् (both of you)                                   यूयम्(you all)


अहम्(I)          आवाम्(both of us)                                   वयम्(all of us)




Next is Attached Pronouns:


In Sanskrit an attached pronoun is stuck only to a verb at its root.The attached pronouns are not stuck on to a noun in Sanskrit unlike certain Semitic Languages.


Lets take an example..the word "To Read" stems from the Root word पठ्(paTh)


lets attached the pronouns to it.


3rd person pronouns


पठ् + अति = पठति (He/She reads)...to make it more specific we can write सः/सा पठति (he/she reads) because 3rd person pronouns are gender specific.


पठ् + अतः =पठतः(They both read).................. तौ/ते पठतः(they both read)


पठ् + अन्ति =पठन्ति(they all read)...................ते/ताः पठन्ति(they all read)



2nd person pronouns:


पठ् +असि =पठसि (you read) here its not compulsory to add the word  त्वम्(you) before पठसि to denote you read because त्वम् is gender neutral and used as how we use it in English and its self explanatory that पठसि  means you read because असि is the attached pronoun for you. same rules apply for युवाम्  यूयम्  and below.


पठ् + अथः =पठथः(you both read)..not compulsory to add युवाम्.


पठ् + अथ =पठथ (you all read)..not compulsory to add  यूयम्



1st person pronouns


पठ् + आमि =पठामि (I read)...not compulsory to add अहम् as its self explanatory that पठामि  means I read as आमि is the attached pronoun for I. Same rules apply for आवाम्  and वयम् below.


पठ् + आवः =पठावः   ......not compulsory to add आवाम् 


पठ् + आमः = पठामः not compulsory to add वयम्