Re: Reply to Yong Peng concerning ga'nga.m

Dear Ven. Pandita and friends,

thank you, Bhante. I shall update the solutions accordingly.

Bhante: how do we translate question 10 from the same exercise:

Pa.n.ditaa ya.m ya.m desa.m bhajanti tattha tatth'eva puujitaa honti.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ven. Pandita wrote:

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".

> 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:
>
>You should not bathe in the river.
>tayaa / na nahaatabba.m / ga`nga.m
>Tayaa ga`nga.m na nahaatabba.m.