त्याने पत्र लिहिले

With these verbs the verb follows the object. तिने आंबा खाल्ला has a woman doing the action, but the verb ends in -ला because आंबा is masculine.

When the object ends in -ला, the verb stays neuter and does not change: त्याने मुलाला पाहिले (He saw the boy).

This pattern is for verbs with an object, such as लिहिणे, करणे and खाणे. A few verbs follow the doer even with an object: तो काय म्हणाला?, ती खोटे बोलली, तो चावी विसरला, मी मराठी शिकलो (a man). पिणे is heard both ways: मी चहा प्यायलो (a man) or प्यायले (a woman) follows the doer, and त्याने पाणी प्यायले follows the object. A verb like जाणे has no object and matches the doer.

The doer takes these forms with -ने: तो becomes त्याने, ती becomes तिने, ते (more than one) becomes त्यांनी, and a name takes -ने: सईने.

The usual order is doer, object, verb. The object can move to the front for emphasis, and the verb still matches it: पत्र त्याने लिहिले.