Word forms

In an earlier post I was trying to compare the two languages I am trying to learn Latin and Sanskrit.

Now let us look at present tense form of these two languages.

I person   laudo laudamas                       gachchami  gachchavaha gachchamaha
II person  laudas laudatis                        gachchasi    gachchathaha  gachchatha
III person laudat laudant                         gachchati    gachchataha    gachchanti

Observe I person plural, II person singular and III person singular and plural.


 - amus               amaha
 -as    atis           asi     atha
 -at     ant           ati    anti

Yes, they do look similar. I got it!!!

But nouns are another matter altogether. Sanskrit has noun declensions (8 of them) different for different ending, different genders etc. Latin has only 4 declension types - thank God for that. But so many of declensions overlap, God should help us in remembering them.

Now look at I declension word in Latin

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Poeta	Poetae
Genitive	Poetae	Poetarum
Dative	Poetae	Poetis
Accusative	Poetam	Poetas
Ablative	Poeta	Poetis
Vocative	Poeta	Poetae

And vibhaktis - that is what declensions are called in sanskrit, in Sanskrit.

विभक्ति – Cases	एकवचन – Singular	द्विवचन – Dual	बहुवचन – Plural
1.	रामः	रामौ	रामाः
2.	रामं	रामौ	रामान्
3.	रामेण	रामाभ्यां	रामैः
4.	रामाय	रामाभ्यां	रामेभ्यः
5.	रामात्	रामाभ्यां	रामेभ्यः
6.	रामस्य	रामयोः	रामाणां
7.	रामे	रामयोः	रामेषु
8.	हे राम	हे रामौ	हे रामाः

Which is worse?

Both?