Good theory, but no, it's the same verb. We're shown how to do the passive present tense:
Step one - add ya Step two - add the passive ending
So, to make is kri, which in active third person present is karoti. The passive ending for the third person is "te."
Step one - kri-ya
Gotta love those exceptions. Here the vocalic "r" is turned into an "i," to make kri. The spelling difference between this kri and the root kri doesn't come across in English romanization, naturally.
The present becomes karo because all the present verbs have "ganas" in ten fantastic flavors. This is an 8th "gana" verb, which gets an "u" added before you take on the endings. In a fun uniquely Sanskrit-y twist, the Sandhi changes the "u" to an "o" -- voila, kri becomes karoti.
By comparison the passive is simple. No ganas, hallelujah, you just --
Step two - kri-ya-te
-- take on the ending after the ya.
Here's the tricky part. To make a past tense (called imperfect in Sanskrit, but not the same as imperfect in the English sense, Sanskrit doesn't have that refinement of tenses) you do this:
Step one - add "ah" to the beginning Step two - append the past tense ending
Oh. Duh. I just answered my own bloody question. I need to add the passive past tense endings, not double up the endings like I'm doing.
Thank you. You have no idea how helpful you are in making me think this through.
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Date: 2007-01-11 07:18 pm (UTC)Step one - add ya
Step two - add the passive ending
So, to make is kri, which in active third person present is karoti. The passive ending for the third person is "te."
Step one - kri-ya
Gotta love those exceptions. Here the vocalic "r" is turned into an "i," to make kri. The spelling difference between this kri and the root kri doesn't come across in English romanization, naturally.
The present becomes karo because all the present verbs have "ganas" in ten fantastic flavors. This is an 8th "gana" verb, which gets an "u" added before you take on the endings. In a fun uniquely Sanskrit-y twist, the Sandhi changes the "u" to an "o" -- voila, kri becomes karoti.
By comparison the passive is simple. No ganas, hallelujah, you just --
Step two - kri-ya-te
-- take on the ending after the ya.
Here's the tricky part. To make a past tense (called imperfect in Sanskrit, but not the same as imperfect in the English sense, Sanskrit doesn't have that refinement of tenses) you do this:
Step one - add "ah" to the beginning
Step two - append the past tense ending
Oh. Duh. I just answered my own bloody question. I need to add the passive past tense endings, not double up the endings like I'm doing.
Thank you. You have no idea how helpful you are in making me think this through.
Icarus