Marathi Grammar Syllabus

Scope and Sequence of Content Areas [Marathi]

Grades Content Areas 7 8 9 - ik`xyaapado Infinitive - ik`.xmaULr}pa

Verbal Participle QaataUsaaiQata (present, past, future)

Affirmative , Negative Verb,

Direct Verb and Indirect Verb,

Intransitive Verb, Transitive Verb (Akxma_kx, sakxma_k xik`xyaapad)

Auxiliary Verb, Causal Verb

Adverb - ik`xyaaivaSaoYaNa Time (koxvha) , place - example: (vagaa_kxDo, yaoqaUna, itakxDo) Manner (positive degree - example: (kxSaI, kxSaata%honao, kxsaoo), Interrogative,

Frequency, Comparative degree

Certainty- example: (naWkxI)

Degree or Quantity - example: (saMpaUNa_, qaaoDosao)

Case-markers – ivaBaWtaI Nominative (pa`qamaa),

Accusative (iÓtaIyaa), Instrumental (taRitayaa), Dative (catauqaI_), Ablative

(paMcamaI), Genitive (YaYzI), Locative (saptamaI)

Vocative (saMbaaoQana)

Vocabulary – Synonym, Antonym - samaanaaqaI_-ivar]ÔaqaI_

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Singular – Plural - ek vacana – Anaok vacana

Gender: Masculine – pauilaMga Feminine s~aIilaMga Neuter napauMsak ilaMga ivaSaoYaNa Adjective formed from (idna-dOinakx, maasa-maaisakx), Derived from (saava_naaimak x naamao- hËa, Asalaa, tyaa)

Quantity, Quality,

Demonstrative (hËacaa)

Distributive (ekxaca vaoLI ekxca baaoQa AsalaolaI-each), Adjective of number Comparison of Adjective: Comparative degree and Superlative degree, Interrogative

Noun – naama Proper , Common Noun, Abstract noun - example: (kxaOtaukx) Noun of things, Demonstrative, Interrogative, Noun of place, Noun of time, Honorific singular Noun - example: (AapaNa, yaaMnaI) Collective Nouns - example: (jauDgaa, GaaoLkxa) Direction, Interrogative,

Countable – Uncountable - example: (AQaa_ koxk)

Pronoun -sava_naamao

Personal - (3rd person) paur]Yavaacak sava_naamao

Interrogative - example: (kxaoNa, kxaoNaaMsa), Demonstrative - example:

(ha, hI), Possessive - example: (maaJaa), Reflexive (AapaNa)

Emphatic - example: (ekxacavaoLI ekxca baaoQa AsalaolaI-each)

Reciprocal (parsparasaMbaMQaI- each other)

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Relative- example: (jaao,jaI,jao), Distributive (ekxa vaoLI ekxaca vastaUcaa baaoQa-pa`tyaok)

Tense kxaL Present – vata_maanakxaL Future, past, Simple present, past and future tense – BaivaYyakxaL- saaQaa, ApaUNa_, paUNa_, rItaI Present and Past continuous Future continuous Present perfect Tense Past perfect Tense Habitual present, Past and future tense – BaUtakxaL –saaQaa, ApaUNa_, paUNa_, rItaI - {BayaanvayaI Avyayao

Preposition, SabdyaaogaI Avyayao- koxvalapa`yaaogaI Avyayao

Numerals (1-50) - saMKyaavaacak Sabd Numerals (50- 100) Numerals (100 – 300) Numerals (300 - 500) Numerals (500-800) Numerals (800 - 1000)

vaaWyarcanaa - Sentence structure: simple sentence, imperative sentence, Optative sentence - Direct, Indirect, declarative, interrogative, Affirmative sentence Compound sentence, negative sentence Complex sentence, active and passive sentence (pa`yaaoga)

Mood- Imperative, potential (ivaQaanaaqaI_) Conditional (if- jar,tar) ,

Punctuation marks – ivaramaicanho

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Combination of letters – jaaoDaXaro Combination of words – samaasa, saMQaI Word formation with prefix and suffix- pa`tyaya AaiNa {pasaga_ Idioms and expressions - vaaWpa`caar, AiBavyaWtaI

Similes and proverb - {pamaa, mhNaI

Kindly note that most of the grammar portions have been covered up to grade six, these will be consolidated in grade 7, 8, 9 and certain new content areas will be introduced.

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