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(uThnā to get up)
first person
I we
masc mA uA Th rahā hū ham uTh rahe hA
fem mA uA Th rahī hū ham uTh rahī hA
second person sing & pl
you
masc āp uTh rahe hA
fem āp uTh rahī hA
third person
he they
masc ye/vō uTh rahā hA ye/ve uTh rahe hA
she they
fem ye/vō uTh rahī hA ye/ve uTh rahī hA
vō ab uTh rahā hA vō ab uTh rahī hA
he is getting up now she is getting up now
HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
Past Imperfect
N
The past imperfect tense, which denotes the sense of ‘used to’,
is formed in the same way as the present simple except for the
third part, where the past tense of hōnā is used:
Verbs
verb stem + imperfect suffix + tense marker
uTh -tā, -tī, -te thā, thī, the, thī
The third part is inflected for gender and number:
vō sāt baje uThtā thā
he used to get up at 7 o’clock
vō sāt baje uThtī thī
she used to get up at 7 o’clock
ve sāt baje uThte the
they used to get up at 7 o’clock (masc)
ve sāt baje uThtī thtt ī
they used to get up at 7 o’clock (fem)
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