Dear Yong Peng,
I have a feeling that we cannot compare the Pali and English notions of
transitive and intransitive. The same for nahati to bathe in a river. But I
agree, it is not easy.Maybe we should forget about the English, and only
think in Pali if we can.
Maybe we need more examples of transitive and intransitive in Pali. I would
like to learn more.
op 04-03-2005 20:35 schreef Ong Yong Peng op yongpeng.ong@...:

> Dear Ven. Pandita, Nina and friends,
>
> Bhante, I agree with the three conditions. However, I find the
> examples not comprehensive. This is because of the word 'go', which
> is not transitive in English. In fact, it is also not exactly
> transitive in Pali. Words like cook and cut are transitive. Words
> like go and fall are intransitive.
>
> There are some web resources here:
> http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/trnsintr.htm
> l
> http://www.dailygrammar.com/116to120.shtml
> http://www.bartleby.com/68/24/6124.html
>