ekavachanam, dvivachanam, bahuvachanam

[P.K.Ramakrishnan]

one                two                 many

aham             aavaam           vayam

baalah            baalau             baalaah

bhavati           bhavatah         bhavanti

Is there any language other than Sanskrit where

this differentiation is practiced.

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P.K.Ramakrishnan
http://peekayar.blogspot.com

[Adolf von Württemberg]

Dear Ramakrishnan,

Yes, Classical (ancient) Greek has singular, dual and plural forms for nouns, adjectives and verbs. For example, the word for “man” is anthropos (ἄνθρωπος) and its nominative case forms in all three numbers are:

ἄνθρωπος        ἀνθρώπω         ἄνθρωποι

The first person singular, dual and plural number, present tense, active voice, indicative mood forms for the verb “educate” paideuo (παιδεύω) are:

παιδεύω           παιδεύετον      παιδεύομεν

In a more modern time frame (approximately between 800 – 1200 AD) Old English had a dual number for nouns but not for verbs! We see those dual forms in “Beowulf” and other Old English literature.

विष्णुः

 

शम् च योश्च ।

(May you have) “Happiness and Welfare”

An ancient Vedic greeting.

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[Ajit Gargeshwari]

Singular and Plural is there in English but Dvivachana is not explicitly declined in English

Regards
Ajit Gargeshwari
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।

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[Rajagopal Iyer]

namo namaH,

>
> Is there any language other than Sanskrit where
> this differentiation is practiced.

Latin, probably German.

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aa no bhadraaH kratavo yantu vishvataH
(Let auspicious come from the Universe)

Rajagopal

[Vardhan Taltaje]

Dear Sir, Please check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_%28grammatical_number%29

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:29 AM, P.K.Ramakrishnan <peek...@yahoo.com> wrote:

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[Adolf von Württemberg]

Dear Vardhan,

Thank you for the “wiki” link on the dual number. Very informative!

विष्णुः

 

सर्वद्रव्येषु विद्यैव द्रव्यमाहुरनुत्तमम् ।

अहार्यत्‍वादनर्ध्यत्‍वादक्षयत्‍वाच्च सर्वदा ॥४॥

Hitopadesha I.4

"Learning of all things, (the wise) declare to be without a superior (the best of them all), because of its incapability of being taken away, or valued or exhausted."