--- Ong Yong Peng <ypong001@...> skrev: > Pali
Primer Exercise 30

>
> Translate into Pali
>
> 9. You (pl.) do not avoid virtuous and wise men.
> tumhe / maa parivajjetha / paññavante ca /
> gu.navante ca
> Maa tumhe paññavante ca gu.navante ca
> parivajjetha.

Correct, if "do not avoid" is seen as imperative; but
would there be a "you" to begin with in that case?
(English is not my mother-tongue, so I am just
asking.)

If "you do not avoid" is taken as indicative, I think
a better translation would be "paññavante ca
gu.navante ca na parivajjetha". (The pronoun "tumhe"
would be possible, but not compulsory. I think the
first "ca" could also be left out, or included.)

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