Chapter 3 Verbs

Question 1

List the MOODS that sanskrit verbs express

Answer 1

Indicative - I do go ( to homeschool with my dad ). Indicative mood describes what is…

Potential - I (should, would, could, shall, will, may, might, can) go to vrindavan when Gurudev says i should. Potential mood describes what will or can be.

Imperative - Go to mangala arti! (says Tilakini) Imperative mood is commanding. Haribol! (Says Lord Catianya) … chant the name of Krishna

Question 2

List the tenses of Sanskrit verbs

Answer 2

Present

Past Imperfect

Past Perfect

Past Aorist

Future

Question 3

What are the most frequent secondary verb formations in Sanskrit?

Answer 3

causative and desiderative

Question 4

List the non-finite kinds of Sanskrit verb forms.

Answer 4

infinitive; participles; gerund/absolutive; gerundive.

Question 5

List the persons that a Sanskrit verb can have?

Answer 5

First person - I or we

Second person - you

Third person - he, she, it, they

Question 6

How do the numbers of the Sanskrit verb differ from those of the English verb?

Answer 6

There is also an exactly 2 number in addition to singular anf plural (3 or more)

Question 7

How do the voices of the Sanskrit verb differ from those of the English verb?

Answer 7

In addition to Active and Passive voice as in english - there is also Middle voice in sanskrit.

Question 8

verbal root

Answer 8

the (theoretical) minimimum shape of a verb

Question 9

verbal stem

Answer 9

The root plus various affixes. (Or: what is left when you take a complete verb form an remove the ending)

Question 10

An ending

Answer 10

the syllable that is added to a stem to give a complete word form