Anyone read Sanskrit?

[Wannabe Yogi]

Yep, Jai Uttal has Om Gam Ganapathaye Namaha in his Ganesha Sharanam recording. Sanskrit, I am learning, is not the easiest language because of the sounds.

I heard Krishna Das say that If an Indian can understand his chanting he is doing a good job.

 

[Wannabe Yogi]

The grammar is no different than Latin, Greek, Russian or any other highly inflected language;

Is it common for them to have as complex of a Tense systems as Sanskrit?

 

[Jainarayan]

Is it common for them to have as complex of a Tense systems as Sanskrit?

Oh yes indeed! Greek is simplifying a bit, Latin is pretty much frozen in time but are both still pretty rich and complex, as is Russian. All of them have the same middle, active and passive voices; moods (indicative, optative/subjunctive, imperative, infinitive); multiple infinitives; multiple participles and gerundives; and are highly conjugated for person, number, tense in each mood, and aspect that Sanskrit has.