Grammar

This case is particularly tricky and while the native Konkani speakers like me have no problem juggling the singular, plural, masculine, feminine and neuter on both sides of the pronouns — the inside as well as the outside (I’ll shortly explain what I mean), those who are learning Konkani are bound to feel lost in this … Continue reading »

As I have said earlier, the two most important sections of Konkani grammar are conjugations and declensions. It might perhaps appear more systematic to first cover the conjugations in their entirety and then move on to declensions. However, I don’t believe that would be a practical proposition. Instead, I  have decided to treat both of them almost alternately and … Continue reading »

You are certainly aware that asonk, i.e., the Konkani verb to be, is intransitive, which means that the action is not passed on to an object, because it has no object. However, unlike many other languages, Konkani intransitive verbs agree with the subject both in number and gender in most tenses. And that is certainly … Continue reading »

Just like in other languages, in Konkani there are regular and irregular verbs. As a rule, the most commonly used verbs tend to be irregular. My intention is to fully cover only the most fundamental verb, i.e., the verb to be or asonk. All other irregular verbs will then be treated together in one go … Continue reading »

As has been mentioned earlier, this feature is not an attempt to teach Konkani. The main aim of this section is to give readers an idea of the structure of the language. Gone are the days when one used to learn a language by studying its grammar and vocabulary. I don’t recommend that method to learn … Continue reading »

Like all languages, Konkani has its own peculiarities. One of its characteristics concerns the genders attributed to people and things, and the genders of the pronouns and adjectives that bear reference to those objects. Genderly speaking, the English language is perhaps the most down to earth and matter-of-fact. People have their sexes, it seems to … Continue reading »