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Even though I had Sanskrit as the third language from 6-8 grades, the way it was taught was mere memorization. I still remember some till today. I wish I was t
by yumraj 6y ago
Even though I had Sanskrit as the third language from 6-8 grades, the way it was taught was mere memorization. I still remember some till today.
I wish I was taught better.
Are there any sources to relearn Sanskrit from the ground up.
- svat 6y agoI recommend this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD4Ly-G0z5oD9zlmftgeKuNzAJBBTQlc5 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD4Ly-G0z5oD9zlmftgeK... — it may seem slow-going but stick with it. Ignore the Hindi-language parts if you don't understand them; they are an annoyance anyway. You can repeat along to what you hear, to reinforce the language in your head. Otherwise if you prefer text there is http://learnsanskrit.org/ http://learnsanskrit.org/ etc.
- Ayesh 6y agoI grew up in Sri Lanka, where you can go to Buddhist schools from grade 1-12 every Sundays, and they teach a fairly good amount of Paali and Sanskrit. Sanskrit itself is not something you learn, but Paali resembles a lot of it to a point that you can walk up to a document from a thousand years ago and still grasp what it means. I studied only for 4 years, but I'm native Sinhalese, which isn't really that far from Sanskrit.
- yumraj 6y ago> I studied only for 4 years, but I'm native Sinhalese, which isn't really that far from Sanskrit. It's interesting you say that. My native tongue is Hindi, but growing up I had a friend whose mother tongue was Malayalam, and according to him Malayalam was closer to Sanskrit than Hindi. Do you know if there are similarities between Sinhalese and Malyalam?
- Ayesh 6y agoA lot! The script is similar (circles and more circles), and when I watch Malayalam movies, I pick quite a few words.