Reply to Yong Peng concerning ga'nga.m

Dear Yong Peng

It should be "ga'ngaaya.m" because the stem "ga'ngaa", meaning the river
of Ganges (not any river given by the context), is of feminine gender.

ga'ngaaya.m ---> nahaatabba.m (LOV -- see the Locus-verb relation at RG 12)

The translation should be "You should not bathe in the river Ganges".

with metta

Ven. Pandita

>Bhante: thank you. I shall make reference to your posts within the solutions to Ven. Narada's exercise 14. Before I wrap up the exercise, I have another sentence from the same exercise which requires clarification:
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>You should not bathe in the river.
>tayaa / na nahaatabba.m / ga`nga.m
>Tayaa ga`nga.m na nahaatabba.m.
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>I am now clear with tayaa and (na) nahaatabba.m, but what about ga`nga.m? Should it be ga`nge? Thank you.
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>metta,
>Yong Peng.
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