Present Tense (*vattamānā*)

Present Tense (vattamānā)

Kaccāyana 414. vattamānā paccuppanne.

“present tense when present-time”

Please conjugate the word gacchati in the present tense active voice (parassapada).

Let’s look at the present tense reflexive voice (attanopada) and passive voice.

(Theory) How is the reflexive formed? How is the passive formed?

Present Tense Attanopada “kills by oneself”
√han + a > hana

	s	pl
3 paṭhama	hanate	hanante hanare
2 majjhima	hanase	hanavhe
1 uttama	hane	hanāmhe

Present Tense Passive Attanopada √han “is killed (by oneself)¹⁰”
√han + ya > hañña

	s	pl
3 paṭhama	haññate	haññante haññare
2 majjhima	haññase	haññavhe
1 uttama	haññe	haññāmhe

Please note that very often reflexive can be translated without this reflexive pronoun