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The various aspects are formed through different endings, though they all share a common pattern.
The various aspects are formed through different endings, though they all share a common pattern.
*perfective: ({{lang|mtev|अ/इ}}){{l|mtev|-ण्}}
*perfective: -{{lang|mtev|(अ/इ)}}{{l|mtev|-ण्|ण्|tr=-(a/i)ṇ}}
*progressive: {{l|mtev|-नण्}}
*progressive: {{l|mtev|-नण्}}
*habitual: {{l|mtev|-जिण्}}
*habitual: {{l|mtev|-जिण्}}
*causative: {{l|mtev|-अयण्}} (earlier {{l|mtev|-ऐण्}})
*causative: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-यण्|यण्|tr=-(a)yaṇ}} (earlier {{l|mtev|-ऐण्}})


The tense endings attach directly to the aspect endings, with the exception of the present and the conditional. The various tense endings are:
The tense endings attach directly to the aspect endings, with the exception of the present and the conditional. The various tense endings are:
*present: Largely unmarked.
*present: {{l|mtev|-अ}}
*past: {{l|mtev|-एधण्}}
*past: {{l|mtev|-एधण्}}
*future: {{l|mtev|-शण्}}
*future: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-शण्|शण्|tr=-(a)śaṇ}}
*conditional: formed from the past tense plus the so-called "augment" {{l|tevo|अ-}}, a borrowing from Sanskrit, thus {{lang|mtev|अफथण्}} ({{xlit|mtev|अफैथण्}})
*conditional: formed from the past tense plus the so-called "augment" {{l|tevo|अ-}}, a borrowing from Sanskrit, thus {{lang|mtev|अफथण्}} ({{xlit|mtev|अफैथण्}})


There exists two moods (the conditional being grammatically treated as a tense):
There exists two moods (the conditional being grammatically treated as a tense):
*The indicative, which is the basic form of almost all verbs (though some only exist in the subjunctive)
*The indicative, which is the basic form of almost all verbs (though some only exist in the subjunctive)
*The subjunctive, also variously called the optative or the desiderative, is formed by taking the indicative form and shortening the root vowel, thus {{l|mtev|फैथ्}} > {{l|mtev|फेथ}}
*The subjunctive, also variously called the optative or the desiderative, is formed by modifying other suffixes:
**present: {{l|mtev|-य}}
**past: {{l|mtev|-एधि}}
**future: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-शि|शि|tr=-(a)śa}}


There are two voices, the (medio)passive being marked with {{l|mtev|-श्}}.
There are two voices, the (medio)passive being marked with {{l|mtev|-श्}}.