Imperative (*pañcamī*)

Imperative (pañcamī)

Kaccāyana 415. āṇaty’āsiṭṭhe’nuttakāle pañcamī.

“When a command, a wish, an unspecified time, imperative”

Please conjugate the word gacchati in the imperative active voice.

Let’s look at the imperative reflexive voice and passive voice.

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

Imperative Attanopada “oneself must train”
(√sikkh + a > sikkha)

	sg	pl
3 paṭhama	sikkhataṃ	sikkhantaṃ
2 majjhima	sikkhassu	sikkhavho
1 uttama	sikkhe	sikkhāmase

Imperative Passive Attanopada “must be bound (by oneself)”
(√badh + ya > bajjha)

	sg	pl
3 paṭhama	bajjhataṃ	bajjhantaṃ
2 majjhima	bajjhassu	bajjhavho
1 uttama	bajjhe	bajjhāmase