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infix of a nasal -(kệt- krnatti). This gave rise to the ten-fold classification of the Sk. roots which has left a good deal of trace in AMg. C. II. of AMg. generally agrees with the derivative conjugation of Sk., while the other two classes include verbs of all the nine conjugations according to the endings they assume in this language.
164. The terminations of the present tense are: I. p. sing. -mi, plu. -mo; II. p. sing. -si, plu. -ha; III. p. sing. -1, plu. -anti. Before adding these terminations to the roots of C.I., the following rules are to be observed : 1. Before the terminations of the I. p. the -a of the root is lengthened into -ā. 2. The -a of the root combines with the -a of anti to form -a as followed by the conjunct.
165 The conjugation in present of a root like ra 'to see' will be I. p. पासामि
पासामो II. p. पाससि .
पासह III. p. पासइ
पासन्ति Like qe are to be conjugated other roots like :अच्छ.. to be चिन्त to think फुस to touch omroy to come up to conquer WTA to speak But to dig जाण to know भक्ख to eat खिव to throw दुरूह to climb भण to speak Togy to go धाव to run
सर to move गेह to take पड to fall
वस to live PEE to stand gery to ask
TOP to kill.
166 The bases of this Class are taken from all the nine primary conjugations of Sanskrit. In the majority of the cases the forms of the two languages agree with great precision. But in a few cases the verbs have changed their mode of forming the bases and have taken up another conjugation. The thematic conjugation is preserved as it is while the athematic one has lost
