Paul McCartney - Here, There and Everywhere / Wanderlust

Here and There.



How do we say "I am from here" and "I am from there"  in Sanskrit?
These are simple sentences but its actually not the same as in other languages.

Because the word "From" is not used in the same format as in other languages.
In Sanskrit to denote "From", nouns/pronouns undergo the 5th case ending declension(Ablative)

For example : बालकः विद्यालयात् आगच्छति | (bAlakaH vidyAlayAt AgacCati) (The boy comes from school)
Technically there is no actual stand alone word "From" in this sentence.
The word विद्यालयम् (vidyAlayam)(school) undergoes declension in the 5th case ending and becomes विद्यालयात् (vidyAlayAt) which means "From school"

So let's get back to the writing "I am from here", "I am from there"
This is a bit different because the words "Here"(अत्र) (atra) and "There"(तत्र) (tatra) are not nouns or pronouns and are in fact अव्यय(avyaya)(indeclinable) and do not undergo declensions.
So how do we write :

I am from here.

I am from there.

We do so by employing a प्रत्यय (pratyaya) तः (taH) which is used to denote the word "from"

तः (taH) can be used for nouns and indeclinables...we can even say विद्यालयतः(vidyAlayataH) to denote "from the school".
So let's write the answer:

अत्र(atra)  +तः (atrataH) = अत्रतः (atrataH) (from here)

तत्र(tatra)+ तः (taH) =तत्रतः(tatrataH) (from there)

अहम् अत्रतः अस्मि (aham atrataH asmi) (I am from here)

अहं तत्रतः अस्मि (ahaM tatrataH asmi) (I am from there)