--- Sukhdev Singh <sukh2val@...> skrev:

>
>
> Excuse me, but I am really raw in basic grammar.
> What
> do you mean by term "nominative"? not to mention
> "singular nominative"??

Nominative is defined at
<http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/paligram.pdf#search='pali%20grammar'>
("A Practical grammar of the pali language" by Charles
Duroiselle); singular and plural have the same
funcions in Pali as in English.

>
> Does the term "stem form" mean the same as the term
> "root word", in this case the proper noun, Buddha?

By "stem form" I mean the basic form, from which the
other forms are derived.

> The term "vocative" would mean how your pronounce
> it,
> right?

Not at all - thats "phonetics". "Vocative" is defined
by Duroiselle, see above!

Gunnar

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