Pali friends,

A couple of notes of interest from lesson 11 of the
Pali Primer:

Pali to English
24. Tu.n.dena pi.takamhaa maccha.m aaka.d.dhitu.m
icchanto kaako sunakhamhaa bhaayati.
Ans: The crow wishing to drag the fish from the basket
with its beak fears the dog.

Dog in this sentence (sunakhamhaa) is in the ablative
case - an interesting construction after the verb
bhaayati.

English to Pali
20. Virtuous men give food to the monks who approach
their houses.
Ans: Sappurisaa gehaani upasa"nkamantaana.m
sama.naana.m odana.m dadanti.

The exercise uses the word "food", which the key
translates as "odana.m". Odana was introduced as
"cooked rice", which is a little more specific than
the more general food.

Any comments?

John






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