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Two uses of the same visible suffix

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Two uses of the same visible suffix

The original sentence “रामले कलमले पत्र लेख्यो” supplies a writer, an instrument and the thing written. A learner sees ले twice and assigns both marked nouns the actor role. Another learner translates the sentence as if the letter wrote Ram, because the English word order in their first draft was confused. The task asks for an account tied to the actual sentence and the action expressed by the verb. It also asks why identifying the visible suffix alone is insufficient. No hidden prescribed passage or Sanskrit noun paradigm is required. A clear answer should preserve Ram as the writer, the pen as the means and the letter as the object involved in writing.

1. Identify the three relations.

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Ram is the writer, the pen is the instrument and the letter is what is written. The two marked phrases do not perform the same semantic role.

2. What should a revision check?

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Read the complete construction and its intended action before labeling or translating the forms. The suffix alone does not justify reversing the actor and object.