The formation of these conjuncts follows a system of rules depending on the consonants involved. In accordance with all the other Indic scripts, Gujarati is written from left to right, and is not case-sensitive. The Gujarati script is basically phonemic, with a few exceptions. First out of these is the written representation of non-pronounced as, which are of three types. Thus ઘર "house" is pronounced ghar and not ghara. The as remain unpronounced before postpositions and before other words in compounds: ઘરપર "in the house" is gharpar and not gharapar ઘરકામ "housework" is gharkām and not gharakām. This non-pronunciation is not always the case with conjunct characters: મિત્ર "friend" is truly mitra. Naturally elided as through the combination of morphemes.The root પકડ઼ pakaṛ "hold" when inflected as પકડ઼ે "holds" remains written as pakaṛe even though pronounced as pakṛe.
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