Lesson VII
Aorist (Ajjatanã) - Active voice
Terminations
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SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
3rd |
ã |
uü |
2nd |
o |
ttha |
1st |
iü |
mha |
paca
, to cook
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SINGULAR |
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3rd |
apacã, |
pacã |
he cooked |
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2nd |
apaco, |
paco |
you cooked |
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1st |
apaciü, |
paciü |
I cooked |
PLURAL |
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3rd |
apacuü, |
pacuü |
they cooked |
|
2nd |
apacittha |
pacittha |
you cooked |
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1st |
apacimhà, |
pacimhà |
we cooked |
gamu, to go
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SING. |
PLU. |
3rd |
agamã, gamã |
agamuü, gamuü |
2nd |
agamo, gamo |
agamittha, gamittha |
1st |
agamiü, gamiü |
agamimhà, gamimhà |
su, to hear
SING. |
PLU. |
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3rd |
asuõã, suõã |
asuõiüsu |
2nd |
asuõo, suõo |
asuõittha, suõittha |
1st |
asuõiü, suõiü |
asuõimhà, suõimhà |
In the past tense the augment " a " is optionally used before the root
*. The third person " ã " is sometimes shortened, and the third person plural " uü " is often changed into " iüsu ". The vowel preceding " ttha " and " mhà " is changed into " i ". The second person " o " is mostly changed into " i ".Whenever the root or stem ends in a vowel e or à the s Aorist is used i.e., s is added before the suffix.
Examples : -
SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
si |
suü, üsu |
si |
sittha |
siü |
simhà |
|
dà , to give |
disa , to preach |
SING. |
dà + s + i = adàsi |
disa + s + i = desesi |
PLU. |
dà + üsu = adaüsu |
desiüsu |
ñhà, to stand
SING. |
ñhà + s + i = aññhàsi |
PLU. |
+ üsu = aññhaüsu |
*
This " a " should not be mistaken for the negative prefix " a ".Possessive Pronouns
3rd |
m. n. |
tassa , his |
m. n. |
tesaü, their |
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f. |
tassà , her |
f. |
tàsaü, their |
2nd |
m. f. n. |
tava , tuyhaü your or thine |
m. f. n. |
tumhàkaü, your |
1st |
m. f. n. |
mama , mayhaü, my |
m. f. n. |
amhàkaü, our |
These are the Genitive cases of the Personal Pronouns.
Words : -
Aparaõha |
m. |
afternoon |
Ciraü |
indec. |
long, for a long time |
Eva |
indec. |
just, quite, even, only (used as an emphatic affirmative) |
Hãyo |
indec. |
yesterday |
Pàto |
indec. |
early in the morning |
Pàtaràsa |
m. |
morning meal |
Pubbaõha |
m. |
forenoon |
Purato |
indec. |
in the presence of |
Sàyamàsa |
m. |
evening meal, dinner |
Viya |
indec. |
like |
Exercise vii
A
*
Pàto + eva = pàto'va. Here the following vowel is dropped.**
Tumhe + eva = Tumhe yeva. Sometimes " y " is augmented between vowels.***
Ahaü + eva = aham'eva. When a niggahita is followed by a vowel it is sometimes changed into "m".****
Mayaü + api = mayam'pi. Here the following vowel is dropped and niggahita is changed into "m"B
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Use Pàto'va.**
Use mayam'eva***
Use so eva****
Use hãyo.