--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng" <ypong001@...> wrote:

> Pali Primer Exercise 21
>
> Translate into English
>
> 3. Sayanta.m sunakha.m aamasantii kumaarii gehadvaare nisinnaa
> hoti.
> sleeping / dog / touching / girl / at door of house / seated
> / is
> The girl touching the sleeping dog is seated at the door of the
> house.
>

Dear Yong Peng,
While technically accurate, I feel that your translation of this
sentence could be made more fluent in English as follows:
"The girl is sitting at the door of the house stroking the dog."

With metta,
John