About present tense in sanskrit

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May i know , how to differentiate between present simple tense and present continous tense in Sanskit . What is the meaning of "Aham gachhami" ? Is it "I am going" or " I go"

 

[Vinayakan 0]

"Aham gacchhami" means "I go" as well "I am going".

It is like the Germanic languages. The German "Ich laufe" or Dutch "Ik loop" means also I go as well I am going.

In Sanskrit you can say "Aham gacchhan asmi" for I am going, but it sounds a bit artificial. The latter you can use only if you want to stress the fact that the action is continous.

 

Some modern Sanskrit speakers prefer to use the continous tense, because they are also used in the modern Indian languages, like "naanu hooguttene" and "naanu hoogutta iddeene" in Kannada and "main jaataa huun" and "main jaa rahaa huun" in Hindi.