We were taught Upsargas in this class. What is उपसर्ग ? Well, take the word दुर्बोध which means difficult to understand. In this, the verb is बुध् -बोध् which means to understand and 'दुर्' is the upsarg which means difficult.
I am not sure how many upsargas the language has in all but we were given a list of about 22 of them. Some of them are easy to remember because many words in Marathi/Hindi use them. e.g. 'सु ' meaning 'Good' is used in 'सुवासिक ' which means fragrant or one which smells good. Or 'अव ' meaning 'Down' as in 'अवनती ' which is the opposite of progress. But for some of them, there are no easy parallels e.g. 'अभि ' meaning 'Towards'.
And to make matters more interesting, there are no rules about how most of these Upasargas affect the verbs that they connect with. It all depends on the verbs :-)
I am not sure how many upsargas the language has in all but we were given a list of about 22 of them. Some of them are easy to remember because many words in Marathi/Hindi use them. e.g. 'सु ' meaning 'Good' is used in 'सुवासिक ' which means fragrant or one which smells good. Or 'अव ' meaning 'Down' as in 'अवनती ' which is the opposite of progress. But for some of them, there are no easy parallels e.g. 'अभि ' meaning 'Towards'.
And to make matters more interesting, there are no rules about how most of these Upasargas affect the verbs that they connect with. It all depends on the verbs :-)
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