7.B.2 Exercises (a) Practise sounding the alphabetical order as summarized in 3. A. 5. (b) By now the alphabet should be familiar: practise writing all the characters of the alphabet with particular attention to their proportions (see the note at the end of 4.A.1). (c) Write out a fair copy of the devanagarT sentences given in (e) below. (d) Look up the words 'attend' etc. given 7.B.1, in a good English dictionary, to see how their meanings link to the given etymology. (e) Write the following sentences in Roman transliteration: 1. «lltfW fW ^FFT 3PTO ^R: II 2. ^T: *m ^T fcterT: *RcT: ^11 3. 3F3": pTFT ^ ^TrTTWT: rTH^II 4. «llriWI: 3TO 4>rilA WT *^fcTll 5. ^RT: pTFT Wffl; cfTc^ cTH^II 6. ^FFT ^TrTT 3PJR; pTR =R^II (f) Now translate the sentences in (e) into English. (g) Translate the following sentences into Sanskrit using Roman transliteration: 1. You (pi.) carry the fruit (pi.) from the tree by horse. 2. The girl's horses (two) take the fruit (pi.) to the man. 3. You (two) lead the horse to the fruit (pi.) of the tree. 4. The man takes the tree from the horse for the girl. 5. The girl and the horse go among the trees (pi.) for fruit (pi.). 6. The horses (pi.) carry the trees (pi.) for the men (pi.), (h) Now write your answers to (g) in devanagarT.
