Evaṃ me sutaṃ

Conjugation of a-ending verbal base (bhāsa)

bhāsati = speaks

While translating these verbs indicating the Imperative Mood, we use expressions like – ‘Let’, ‘May’, ‘Please’, or ‘Do’ (expressing an order / command / advice). We will learn about these expressions in detail, while translating sentences containing verbs in Imperative Mood.

Please Note : The conjugated forms that are underlined in the above table are the same as in the Present Tense (terminations ‘tha’, ‘mi’ and ‘ma’). However, from the context in the Suttas, we can identify the Tense or Mood – i.e. whether the verb indicates Present Tense or Imperative Mood – and translate the sentence accordingly.
This pattern of conjugation holds good across all the verbal bases and roots.

Conjugation of ā-ending verbal base (kiṇā)

kiṇāti = buys, purchases

Conjugation of o-ending verbal base (karo)

karoti = does, performs

Conjugation of e-ending verbal base (dese)

deseti = teaches

Conjugation of e-ending verbal base, alternate form (desaya)

desayati = teaches

Conjugation of √hū

hoti = is

Conjugation of √bhū

bhavati = is

Conjugation of √as

atthi = is