Learning Journal 5
In all the Sanskrit resources I’ve used, it’s been a really different experience than in my learning any other language. Since Sanskrit is an ancient language and often used in religious, poetry-like epics, its structure comes off as more nature oriented than my other language experiences. For example, in each text I’ve learned the word for “elephant” (gajah), “horse” (ashva) and “deer” (mrgha) in the first few lessons. I think this must be representative of the frequency of these words in Sanskrit nexts. I don’t remember learning those animal words at first when I was taught French, which more focused on food or school. This seems to be an interesting cultural reference. I don’t know how much of that is because Sanskrit is ancient and often used for religious purposes or how much is related to the culture that used the language.
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