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                                                                               
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                     Personal Pronoun- (3  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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