Foundations worksheet
Read Devanagari, exchange greetings and build short Sanskrit sentences.
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Read Devanagari
Notice whether the vowel sign goes before, after or below the consonant.
Read क, का, कि and की. Which vowel sounds are different?
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ka, kā, ki, kī.
In कि, ि is displayed before क but is pronounced after it.
Match फलम्, जलम् and पुस्तकम् to water, book and fruit.
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फलम् = fruit, जलम् = water, पुस्तकम् = book.
Read each whole word before matching.
Which word begins with a long ā, आगच्छति or अत्र?
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आगच्छति (comes).
आ is the independent long ā vowel. अ in अत्र is short.
Read दीपः and locate the long vowel and the final visarga.
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The long ī is in दी. The visarga is ः at the end.
Write the word once and underline both signs.
Exchange greetings
लीला — नमस्ते! मम नाम लीला। तव नाम किम्?
रमा — नमस्ते! मम नाम रमा। अहं नवमकक्षायां पठामि।Read both parts aloud, then swap roles.
Which phrase asks for someone’s name?
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तव नाम किम्?
तव means “your”.
Which class does Rama study in?
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Class 9. नवमकक्षायाम् means “in Class 9”.
The ending shows the setting in which she studies.
Greet a partner and introduce yourself in two short lines.
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नमस्ते! मम नाम अर्जुनः।
Replace अर्जुनः with your name.
Build sentences
Use the subject to choose the verb. Add what is read or where the action happens.
Complete: अहं पुस्तकं ___। (पठामि / पठति)
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अहं पुस्तकं पठामि।
अहम् takes पठामि.
Rewrite with लीला as the subject: अहं पठामि।
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लीला पठति।
पठति fits a single third-person subject.
Write “The girl reads in the library.” (बालिका, पुस्तकालय, पठ्)
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बालिका पुस्तकालये पठति।
पुस्तकालये means “in the library”.
Arrange: पिबति / बालकः / जलम्
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बालकः जलं पिबति।
Name the doer, the thing he drinks and then the action.