Time and Mood — Deva Bhāṣā
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One sentence, moved through time

Only the verb changes. Walk the same boy to school yesterday, now, tomorrow — then tell him to go, then say he ought to. Five stations, one word doing all the work.

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Listen. Has it happened, is it happening, or is someone being told?
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साधु! · {{ qScore }} of ten
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The grammarians call these the ten लकाराः — ten sets of endings, each with a job. Five of them carry almost everything you will read.

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In a story you will meet the past long before anyone explains it. Let the ending tell you when.