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Aorist

The “present past,” used in English when you are talking in the present tense about something in the past. It is also the tense used when speaking in the present.

Biconsonantal verbs	Add an -a to the verb stem	*yad- “to go” → yada “goes”
Triconsonantal verbs	Syncope then add an -a to the verb stem	kalab- “to fall” → kalba “falls”
Derived verbs	Change the final vowel to a short -a	*azgarâ- “to wage war” → azgara “wages war”