Guest guest Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 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" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinayakan Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 "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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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