>
>well, i just have problems looking up meaning of words i find in the
>text....because of all the confusing conjugations....i can't remember
>which words they were at this time, but hasn't it ever happened that
>you couldn't find a meaning of a certain word because the form has
>changed?

Oh yeah, I remember that being a big problem while I was working with
Warder. It was a pretty major hurdle, frustrating at times. Sometimes
I spent an hour just trying to figure out one single form. It's
usually worst with verbs in my experience, weird aorists and stuff
like that. It was a very rewarding feeling to finally find the answer
though.

If you have a guess as to which verb it is, one thing you can do is
look up the 3rd person singular form in the Pali English Dictionary.
The entry for 'karoti' for example gives a bunch of the odder looking
forms for that verb. Another useful resource is Geiger's Pali Grammar
which has an 'index of words' where you can look for forms and be
referred back to the root. Another extremely useful, but hard to
find, out of print book is Achim Fahs' Grammatik des Pali which has
an index of difficult to recognize forms (schwer erkennbare formen)
which refers you back to very nice tables of the forms derived from
the roots. Most of the time, using Fahs is the easiest way for a
student to find the answer to that kind of question. Still, if I
recall correctly, the answer to a question which comes up in the
texts in Warder is almost always in Warder somewhere. I don't dare
say always, though, just almost always.

Anyhow, I can promise you that it does get easier with time. If you
wonder about a particular form you run across, don't hesitate to post
it here. There used to be a lot of posts here asking about specific
forms. I'm sure it's on-topic: at least the moderators never
complained back then :-) I love those sorts of questions and I
believe there are some others here who enjoy looking stuff up.

hope this helps,

/Rett