Simple Present Tense in Marathi

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Today we will finally reach to sentence formation. Let us learn Simple Present Tense in Marathi.

In English a boy will say “I go” In Marathi he will say मी जातो (mI jAto)

As we have seen before the verb “Go” is जा(jA) in Marathi.

So for Simple present tense we suffixed  तो(to) to verb. Simple !!

जा (jA)+ तो(to)  = जातो (mI jAto)

Similarly a girl will say मी जाते (mI jAte ). 

Note that there is different suffix based on gender of the speaker.  For feminine, suffix is ते (te)

 जा (jA)+ ते (te)  = जाते (jAte)

So formula for forming sentence is

Pronoun followed by verb+suffix.

Below table list the suffix to be used for different pronouns

Pronoun in English	Pronoun in Marathi	Suffix in Marathi	Suffix Transliteration
I (male)	मी	तो	to
I (female)	मी	ते	te
we	आम्ही	तो	to
we ( listener including)	आपण	तो	to
You (singular male)	तू	तोस	tos
You (singular female)	तू	तेस	tes
You (plural)	तुम्ही	ता	tA
He / That (male) / This (male)	तो / तो / हा	तो	to
She / That (female)/ This (female)	ती / ती / ही	ते	te
It /That(neuter)/This (neuter )	ते / ते / हे	ते	te
They (Plural of He)  /Those (m.) /These (m.)	ते / ते / हे	तात	tAt
They (Plural of She) / Those (f.) / These (f.)	त्या / त्या / ह्या	तात	tAt
They (Plural of it) / Those (n.) / These (n.)	ती / ती / ही	तात	tAt

 Now apply the formula "Pronoun  verb+suffix" using above table and verbs seen in last post; create as many sentences as possible.

I ( male) do.                                        मी करतो (mI karato)

I (female) do.                                      मी करते (mI karate)

We dance.                                          आम्ही/आपण नाचतो (AmhI/ApaN nAchato )

You (male) cry.                                   तू रडतोस (tU raDatos)

You (female) cry.                                तू रडतेस (tU raDates)

You (Plural) walk                               तुम्ही चालता (tumhI chAlatA)

He walks.                                            तो चालतो (to chAlato)

She speaks.                                         ती बोलते (tI bolate)

It moves.                                             ते हलते (te halate)

They(Plural of He/She/It) dance.          ते/ त्या/ ती   नाचतात (te/tyA/tI nAchatAt )


Listen above examples at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFPLKfHIKQw

Exercise: Try creating sentences with different verbs using above rules. Crosscheck by creating same by “verb forms” feature on http://learnmarathiwithkaushik.com/verbforms_parentpage.html

Happy Marathi learning. We will continue learning present tense in Marathi in next lesson.