Present tense - part II
Let us look at some more sentences in present tense.
- राम: पुस्तकं पठति - Ram reads a book.
- Here पठति is in प्रथम पुरुष एक वचन
- छात्रौ लिखत: - Two students write.
- Here छात्रौ means two students. It is द्विवचन। And लिखत is प्रथम पुरुष द्विवचन
- बालिका: गृहं गच्छंति | Girls go home.
- बालिका: - प्रथम पुरुष बहु वचन
- गृहं - द्वितीया विभक्ति एक वचन - accusative case
- गच्छंति - गम् dhatu प्रथम पुरुष बहु वचन - third person plural present tense
- त्वं कुत्र गच्छसि ? Where do you go?
- त्वं - you - it is second person singular pronoun
- कुत्र - where
- गच्छसि - verb is in second person singular - मध्यम पुरुष एक वचन
- अहं विद्यालयं गच्छामि | I go to school
- अहं - I - first person singular pronoun - उत्तम पुरुष एक वचन सर्वनाम
- गच्छामि - I go - first person singular verb - उत्तम पुरुष एक वचन
- राम लक्ष्मण युवां किं खादत:? Ram and Laxmn, what do you both eat?
- युवां - you both - second person dual pronoun - मध्यम पुरुष द्विवचन
- खादत: - खाद dhatu मध्यम पुरुष द्विवचन
- आवां मोदकं खादाव :| we both eat modaka
- आवां - we both - first person dual pronoun
- खादाव: - first person dual verb - उत्तम पुरुष द्वि वचन
- यूयं किं पिबथ? What do you all drink?
- यूयं - second person plural pronoun - you all
- पिबथ - second person plural verb - पिब dhatu
- वयं जलं पिबाम :| we drink water
- वयं - we - first person plural pronoun
- पिबाम: - first person plural verb
Observe the present tense verbs and their forms in the following sentences.
- मम माता पुष्पमालां करोति | My mother is making flower garlands
- पर्वते सिंह: अस्ति | There is a lion in the mountain.
- सा मार्गं पश्यति | She sees the road
- स: तस्य लेखनीं ददाति | He gives his pen.
- लेखक: पुस्तकं लिखति | Writer writes book.
- सहोदर: गृहं आगच्छति | Brother comes home.
- ते पर्वतं पश्यन्ति | They see the mountain.
