Middle Tevvic: Difference between revisions

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*causative: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-सों|सों|tr=-(a)sŏ}}
*causative: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-सों|सों|tr=-(a)sŏ}}


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. The various tense endings are:
*present: {{l|mtev|-अ}}
*present: {{l|mtev|-अ}}
*past: {{l|mtev|-एधण्}}
*past: {{l|mtev|-एधण्}}
*future: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-शण्|शण्|tr=-(a)śaṇ}}
*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}})


There exists three moods (the conditional being grammatically treated as a tense):
There exists four moods:
*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 modifying other suffixes:
*The subjunctive, also variously called the optative or the desiderative, is formed by modifying other suffixes:
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**future: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-शि|शि|tr=-(a)śa}}
**future: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-शि|शि|tr=-(a)śa}}
*interrogative: {{l|mtev|-ओं}}
*interrogative: {{l|mtev|-ओं}}
*conditional: -{{lang|mtev|(अ)}}{{l|mtev|-सों|सों|tr=-(a)sŏ}}


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}}.