Conjugation of verbs

There is a great deal of variation in conjugations, but those are the main patterns.

An example: conjugation of pacati - to cook

Present

Past tenses: Aorist & Imperfect

Future

I cook	pacāmi
you(sg) cook	pacasi
he speaks	pacati
we cook	pacāma
you(pl) cook	pacatha
they cook	pacanti

I cooked	paciṃ, (a)paca, (a)pacaṃ
you(sg) cooked	paci, (a)paco
he cooked	paci, (a)paca, (a)pacā
we cooked	pacimha, pacimhā, (a)pacamhā
you(pl) cooked	pacittha, (a)pacattha
they cooked	paciṃsu, pacisuṃ, (a)pacu, (a)pacū

I will cook	pacissāmi
you(sg) will cook	pacissasi
he will cook	pacissati
we will cook	pacissāma
you(pl) will cook	pacissatha
they will cook	pacissanti

Remarks: 1) the first form in each line is the aorist,
which is the most common 2) aorist and perfect are
completely mixed and confused in the language

Optative: may/should/can/could

Imperative

I may cook	paceyyāmi, pace
you(sg) may cook	paceyyāsi, pace
he may cook	paceyya, pace
we may cook	paceyyāma
you(pl) may cook	paceyyātha
they may cook	paceyyuṃ

let me cook	pacāmi
cook!(sg)	pacāhi, paca
let him cook	pacatu
let us cook	pacāma
cook!(pl)	pacatha
let them cook	pacantu

Participles

Passive future participle & Gerund

present participle: 'cooking':	pacanta, pacaṃ
passive perfect participle: 'cooked'	pacata
kappeti (to arrange) > 'arranged'	kappita
bhuñjati (to eat) > 'eaten'	bhutta
nisīdati (to sit) > 'sat'	nisinna
active perfect participle: 'having cooked'	pacatavā
nisīdati (to sit) > 'having sat'	nisinnavā
karoti (to do) > 'having done'	katvā
reflective participle (rare:)	pacamāna

Remark: all participles are of the nature of verbal adjectives
and must agree with their nouns, in number, gender and case.

Meanings: 'fit to be..', 'must be..', 'ought to be..', 'to be..'

(Future passive participle)
-tabba
'fit/ought to/must be cooked' (etc.):	pacatabba
-ya
khādati (to chew) > 'must be chewed' (etc.)	khajja
karoti (to do) > 'to be done' (etc.)	kāriya, kayya, kayīra
-anīya
pujati (to honor) > 'fit/worthy to be honored' (etc.)	pujanīya
karoti (to do) > 'must be done' (etc.)	karaṇīya
(Gerund)
pacati (to cook) > 'the cooked'	pacitvā
suṇāti (to hear) > 'the heard'	sutvā