Re: Pali Day by Day 4/04/2005 [D139]

Dear Yong Peng,

I know word order is not terribly significant in Pali, however it
seems to my limited experience with the language that in a sentence
like #11, it would be much more common to place "ito" before the
length of time. Thus:
"ito sattame divase me janako mama.m passitu.m aagamissati."
(See also the similar construction in 16-A, #5.)

Metta, John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng" <yongpeng.ong@...> wrote:
>
> An Elementary Pali Course
> Exercise 16-B: Translate into Pali.
>
> 11. Seven days hence my father will come to see me.
> sattame / divase / ito / me / janako / aagamissati /
> passitu.m / mama.m
> Sattame divase ito me janako mama.m passitu.m aagamissati.
>