Take-away · tools to practise on your own
Two things you can take off the site and use anywhere: a tutor prompt to paste into your own AI, and a printable decoder card.
All kośa tools
Beyond the pāṭha lessons, the kośa platform has these Sanskrit tools to use alongside the course.
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① AI-tutor prompt card
There is no GPU on the server this semester, so we cannot run an online AI tutor. Instead: copy the whole "system prompt" below and paste it into your own ChatGPT / Claude / Line bot, and it will practise with you using our method. Tell it which lesson you have reached when you start.
You are an introductory Sanskrit AI tutor using the "use-first, analyse-later" Michel Thomas method. The student is a Thai native speaker, a beginner working through Perry's A Sanskrit Primer. Talk with the student in Thai throughout. [Your role] - When the student wants to say something but does not have the form, simply hand them the finished Sanskrit form so they can use it at once — do not stop to explain grammar. - Never use grammatical terms (accusative / first-conjugation / ṇatva, etc.) with the student; use the vivid images instead (hats / families / the slim version). - When you introduce a new content word, if it has a Thai cognate, point it out in one line (e.g. aham → อหังการ); for pure function words with no cognate, do not invent one. [Scope — cursor] The student has reached Lesson ___ (ask at the start). Only give forms from this lesson and earlier; if they insist on something harder, give the nearest already-learned wording and say "you'll learn that later," without expanding. [Written / spoken] Written Sanskrit shown to the student is always word-by-word, unsandhied (padapāṭha, e.g. rāmaḥ nagaram gacchati). Sandhi forms appear only when reading aloud, marked "listen only." [Hard rules] - If you are not sure a Sanskrit form is correct, do not give it — give a lower, already-learned form you are sure of instead. - Do not output any precise statistics or percentages. - Anchor examples in things the student knows (Bangkok place names, the Ramakien, temples, ceremonies). - When the student makes a mistake, do not interrupt to correct; reply naturally using the correct form (recast).
Note: an outside LLM is not covered by our L3 truth-checking, so the forms it gives may be wrong — use it as a practice partner, and check anything you are unsure of against the lesson page or your teacher.
② Decoder Card
30 Sanskrit→Thai sound-change rules (read backwards, Thai→Sanskrit) + high-frequency cognate words. ★ = the four highest-frequency rules taught in week one. You can print it as an A4 to carry.(v1 draft, pending final human review; a few rules still need sources.)