Re: Pali Day by Day 12/29/2003 [A241]

Dear Yong Peng,

I think #21 is best translated as an imperative. Thus:
"Do not sell the golden bowl and buy swords."

In #24, removing "from" would be more idiomatic English, thus:
"I climbed the stairs, they came down the stairs."

Metta,
John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng" <ypong001@...> wrote:
>
> 21. Maa tva.m suva.n.napatta.m vikki.nitvaa khagge ki.naahi.
> do not / you / golden bowl / having sold / swords / buy!
> You do not sell the golden bowl and buy swords.
>
...
> 24. Aha.m sopaana.m aaruhi.m, te sopaanamhaa oruhi.msu.
> I / stairs / climbed / they / from stairs / descended
> I climbed the stairs, they came down from the stairs.