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Shabd Jaati (Parts of Speech)

About 5 min · Marathi Language (मराठी) · English

Time worked out from the lesson's 271 words at 150 words a minute, plus a minute for each question.

Shabd Jaati (शब्दांच्या जाती) forms the grammatical backbone of Marathi language comprehension.

Key ideas

• Naam (नाम / Noun): Words that name a person, place, thing, feeling, or idea. Example: राम, पुणे, पुस्तक, आनंद. Everything you can point to or think of as "something" is a noun.
• Sarvanaam (सर्वनाम / Pronoun): Words used in place of nouns to avoid repetition. Example: तो, ती, ते, मी, तू, आम्ही. The noun a pronoun replaces is called its "poorvpad" (पूर्वपद).
• Visheshan (विशेषण / Adjective): Words that describe or qualify a noun, telling us "which one" or "what kind." Example: मोठा (big), सुंदर (beautiful), पाच (five). Always linked to a noun (called visheshya).
• Kriyapad (क्रियापद / Verb): Words that express action, state, or existence. Example: जातो, खातो, आहे, झाला. Every complete Marathi sentence needs a kriyapad.
• Kriyavisheshan (क्रियाविशेषण / Adverb): Words that modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb — telling how, when, where, or how much. Example: हळूहळू (slowly), आज (today), येथे (here), खूप (very).

Watch out for

• Confusing Visheshan with Kriyavisheshan
• Treating Proper Nouns as Common Nouns
• Missing Abstract Nouns

Quick reference

• Naam answers: कोण? काय? (Who? What?)
• Visheshan answers: कसा? कोणता? किती? (How is it? Which one? How many?)
• Kriyavisheshan answers: कसे? केव्हा? कुठे? किती? (How? When? Where? How much?)
• Kriyapad = the action word — every sentence must have one
• Sarvanaam replaces naam — look for what word it's substituting

Check yourself: 3 questions

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