Marathi Grammar Syllabus
Scope and Sequence of Content Areas [Marathi]
Grades Content Areas 7 8 9 Verbs - ik`xyaapado Infinitive - ik`.xmaULr}pa
Verbal Participle QaataUsaaiQata (present, past, future)
Affirmative Verb, 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 Adjective ivaSaoYaNa Adjective formed from nouns (idna-dOinakx, maasa-maaisakx), Derived from pronouns (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 Noun, 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 Pronoun- (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 Conjunction - {BayaanvayaI Avyayao
Preposition, Interjection 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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