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first person pronoun

First Person Pronouns — I / We

अहम्

aham

I — the first person singular pronoun; no grammatical gender

Stem: अस्मद् (asmad)

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The first person pronoun stem is अस्मद् (asmad). It has no gender — "I" and "we" are the same pronoun regardless of whether the speaker is male, female, or non-binary. There is no vocative (you do not call out to yourself). Notice the nominative singular: अहम् (aham) — the most basic Sanskrit word for "I." The same sound appears in Greek egṓ, Latin ego, German ich, English I. A shared human word, 6,000 years old.

CaseSingularDualPlural

🎯 Nominative

प्रथमा

Subject — I / we

अहम्

aham

आवाम्

āvām

वयम्

vayam

🎁 Accusative

द्वितीया

Object — me / us

माम्

mām

आवाम्

āvām

अस्मान्

asmān

🔧 Instrumental

तृतीया

By me / by us

मया

mayā

आवाभ्याम्

āvābhyām

अस्माभिः

asmābhiḥ

💝 Dative

चतुर्थी

For me / for us

मह्यम्

mahyam

आवाभ्याम्

āvābhyām

अस्मभ्यम्

asmabhyam

↩️ Ablative

पञ्चमी

From me / from us

मत्

mat

आवाभ्याम्

āvābhyām

अस्मत्

asmat

🔗 Genitive

षष्ठी

My / our

मम

mama

आवयोः

āvayoḥ

अस्माकम्

asmākam

📍 Locative

सप्तमी

In me / in us

मयि

mayi

आवयोः

āvayoḥ

अस्मासु

asmāsu

Vocative

संबोधन

(none — no vocative for 1st / 2nd person)