Lesson 4: Classes 4, 6, 10
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Video
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Overview
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Quiz
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Present System Verb Classes |
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Pres. Stem |
-अ (Thematic) |
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Class |
1 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
Root |
→ guṇa |
→ heavy |
as is |
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Affix |
अ |
अय |
य |
अ |
Place |
suffix |
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Ex. |
भू भवति |
चुर् चोरयति |
नृत् नृत्यति |
तुद् तुदति |
1st and 10th classes strengthen the same vowels: medial light (-v̆C) and all final (Cv̄̆)
Answer the following questions in the box below. (In addition, if anything in the video was unclear or you have any feedback about it, please provide it in the space below.)
- What is the guṇa of the ‘i’ vowel and what is its form in Proto-Indo-European?
- What is the guṇa of the ‘u’ vowel and what is its form in Proto-Indo-European?