Masculine : eso

Case Singular Plural
Paṭhamā eso ete
Dutiyā etaṃ, enaṃ ete
Tatiyā etena etehi, etebhi
Catutthī etassa etesaṃ, etesānaṃ
Pañcamī etasmā, etamhā etehi, etebhi
Chaṭṭhī etassa etesaṃ, etesānaṃ
Sattamī etasmiṃ, etamhi etesu

 

Neuter : etaṃ

Case Singular Plural
Paṭhamā etaṃ ete, etāni
Dutiyā etaṃ ete, etāni
The declension of neuter pronoun ‘eta’ is similar to that of masculine pronoun ‘eta’ for Instrumental to Locative cases.

 

Feminine : esā

Case Singular Plural
Paṭhamā esā etā, etāyo
Dutiyā etaṃ etā, etāyo
Tatiyā etāya etāhi, etābhi
Catutthī etāya, etissā, etissāya etāsaṃ, etāsānaṃ
Pañcamī etāya etāhi, etābhi
Chaṭṭhī etāya, etissā, etissāya etāsaṃ, etāsānaṃ
Sattamī etassaṃ, etissaṃ, etāsaṃ etāsu

 

Please Note : The pronouns so and eso are both translated as ‘he’, sā and esā both are translated as ‘she’, taṃ and etaṃ can both be used to denote ‘it’. The difference between these forms of the pronouns ‘ta’ and ‘eta’ is evident in the demonstrative usage of these pronouns. We will be learning about this concept in the next section.

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