Lesson 10: Ātmanepada Present Tense

• Introduction (video)
• Vocabulary (video)
• Present (video)
• -अ Present Tense
• Quiz

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Click on the forms below to hear their pronunciation.

-अ Stems, Present Tense
		परस्मैपद (वद्)				आत्मनेपद (भाष्)
		Sg.	Du.	Pl.		Sg.	Du.	Pl.
3rd		वदति	वदतः	वदन्ति		भाषते	भाषेते	भाषन्ते
2nd		वदसि	वदथः	वदथ		भाषसे	भाषेथे	भाषध्वे
1st		वदामि	वदावः	वदामः		भाषे	भाषावहे	भाषामहे

Answer the following questions in the box below. (In addition, if anything in the video was unclear or you have any feedback about it, please provide it in the space below.)

1. Is there a reason that verbs take आत्मनेपद vs. परस्मैपद endings in Classical Sanskrit?
2. Are आत्मनेपद verbs usually transitive or intransitive?
3. Just as in the Parasmaipada, what happens before -अ and labials in the Ātmanepada?
4. What sound do all Ātmanepada present tense verb forms end in?