Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Dual grammar!

Sanskrit is one of the few languages that have Dual Grammar.
A few other languages in the world too have Dual Grammar for example Semitic Languages like Arabic besides a few other Indo European languages.

Dual grammar is not seen in English and in most other Indian languages.

For example in English we say A Teacher, Two Teachers and Many Teachers.

But in Sanskrit we would say:

A Teacher :adhyApakaH (अध्यापकः) 

Two Teachers: adhyApakau ( अध्यापकौ )

Many Teachers : adhyApakAH ( अध्यापकाः )



Well it would be so easy for a person with 2 wives to call them both..all he has to say is
 Hey patnyau!(हे पत्न्यौ!) O' Two Wives! and both will come running! 😂









  



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