ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING

गच्छन्ति and गच्छन्ति (gacCanti and gacCanti)



The word गच्छन्ति can be used as a verb and also as a present participle.

Let's take an example:


1) छात्राः  विद्यालयं गच्छन्ति (CAtrAH vidyAlayaM gacCanti) (The students go to school)


2) अहं गछन्ति यानानि दृष्टवान् (ahaM gaCanti yAnAni dRSTavAn)(I saw the going/moving vehicles)


In the 1st example गच्छन्ति is used as verb and it means "go".

In the 2nd example the verb is दृष्टवान् which means "saw" but गच्छन्ति means going/moving and it is used as a present participle.


What about  मम सर्वस्य तत्र गच्छन्ति (mama sarvasya tatra gacCanti)  "There goes my everything?"

This is actually interesting because it can denote both a verb and a present participle.


In the sentence  मम सर्वस्य तत्र गच्छन्ति (mama sarvasya tatra gacCanti)  "There goes my everything", one is observing everything going away from him and at the same time everything goes away from him.


So the गच्छन्ति here is both a verb and also a present participle.

Well, I don't think Engelbert Humperdinck was crooning grammar! Enjoy the song.