Imperative Verbs!
Imperative Verbs!¶
The imperative mood can express a command, gentle advice, a blessing, a curse, a wish or a prayer.
e.g. gaccha! (Go! You must go!)
phāsu viharatu (Let him live comfortably!)
vassasataṃ jīva (May you live 100 years!)
Conjugation of -ati imp
| 3rd | vadatu | he must speak | vadantu | they must speak |
| 2nd | vada vadāhi |
you must speak | vadatha | you all must speak |
| 1st | vadāmi | I must speak | vadāma | we must speak |
Notice the similarity between the present tense and the imperative.