Present Tense Verbs
Present Tense Verbs¶
There are 2 Voices
| Active Voice (parassapada) |
the action transfers to another person e.g. hanati – he hits (someone else) |
| Middle or Reflective Voice (attanopada)6 |
the action comes back to the agent e.g. hanate – he hits (himself) |
This is discussed in details in the Intermediate Pāli Course
There are 2 numbers
| 1. | singular | vadati | he speaks |
| 2. | plural | vadanti | they speak |
And there are 3 persons
Conjugation of -ati pr
| singular | plural | |||
| 3rd person7 | so vadati | he speaks | te vadanti | they speak |
| 2nd person | tvaṃ vadasi | you speak | tumhe vadatha | you all speak |
| 1st person | ahaṃ vadāmi | I speak | mayaṃ vadāma | we speak |
Please note that Pāli grammars refer to the 3 persons in the opposite order of English.