A simple conversation
A) मह्यं मम यानं विपरीतं स्थापनं रोचते। mahyaM mama yAnaM viparItaM sthApanaM rocate( I like to reverse park my car)
B) किमर्थम्? kimartham (Why is that so?)
A) कदा बहिर्गमनम् इचामि तदा सरलतरं भवति।
kadA bahirgamanam icAmi tadA saralataraM bhavati.
(When I want to go out it's easier)
B)अस्तु।उच्चितम् | astu| uccitam| Ok, that's right.
Conversational Sanskrit.
One often neglected aspect of Sanskrit is its conversational aspect.
It's very much conversational if one is patient enough to study it.
The problem is most people aren't patient enough to learn the grammar and vocabulary and link it too fast to religion and miss the beauty of the language.
To learn Sanskrit effectively as to speak it, firstly drop all thoughts of getting "spiritually high" by learning it.
Sanskrit is very much a usable day to day language and when we place it too high on a pedestal we neglect its functional aspect and it remains unused and totally untapped.
It's like how everyone hangs a picture of God on their walls but do not think about Him at all.
I wrote this simple conversation which anyone can relate too to show its functional aspect. It would just reveal to us how much its so user friendly if we only drop its "spiritual tag" and actually use it.
नमस्ते। namaste (Hello)
नमस्ते | namaste(Hello)
किं करोषि ? kiM karoSi? (what are you doing?)
अहम्? aham? (me?)
आम्, आम् त्वमेव। aam aam, tvameva(Yes! Yes! it's you I am referring to)
किमपि न करोमि। kimapi na karomi(not doing anything)
किमार्थम्? kimArtham? (why?)
विरामः।virAmaH (holiday)
अस्तु।कुत्र असि इदानीम्? astu. kutra asi idAnIm( ok, where are you now?)
गृहे एव। किमार्थम्? आगच्छसि वा? gRhe eva. kimArtham? Agacchasi vA?(at home only, why? are you coming?)
अधुना न शक्नोमि किन्तु सयङ्काले आगमिष्यामि। adhunA na shaknomi kintu sayankAle AgamiSyAmi.(not able to now but will come in the evening)
अस्तु।पुनर्मिलामः। astu.punarmilAmaH( ok, see you)
पुनर्मिलामः।punarmilAmah(see you)
