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WBCHSE HS Gujarati (First Language): Grammar and Language Usage

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Grammar and Language Usage

Grammar questions are precise: one form is right, the rest are distractors. Revise Gujarati categories by function, not by memorised labels. Expect સંધિ, સમાસ, વિભક્તિ, વચન, લિંગ, કાળ, કર્તરી/કર્મણી, પ્રત્યક્ષ/પરોક્ષ કથન and જોડણી.

Rules to apply

  • સંધિ joins sounds; identify the final and initial sounds before choosing સ્વર or વ્યંજન સંધિ.
  • સમાસ joins words into one; decide the relation: દ્વંદ્વ (and), તત્પુરુષ (of/by), કર્મધારય (same thing), દ્વિગુ (number), બહુવ્રીહિ (possessing).
  • કર્તરી focuses on the doer; કર્મણી on the object.
  • પ્રત્યક્ષ કથન keeps the original words; પરોક્ષ shifts person and tense.

Worked example

“વિદ્યા + આલય = વિદ્યાલય.” Which સંધિ? Reasoning: the final આ of વિદ્યા and initial આ of આલય combine into a long આ. Two similar vowels merge into a long vowel, so this is સ્વર સંધિ (દીર્ઘ સંધિ). Write the name and the joining; do not just write “સંધિ”.

Traps

  • Confusing સંધિ (sound join) with સમાસ (word compound).
  • Forcing Hindi labels onto Gujarati forms.
  • Wrong વચન or લિંગ after a compound.
  • Changing tense in પરોક્ષ કથન but forgetting the pronoun.
  • Jodani slips in common words such as શ્રદ્ધા and પુસ્તક.