Dear June and friends,

thanks again. Yes, there was a change in the ordering. But maybe the
first way didn't seem right, or wasn't intended? Only Yahoo! guys
knows.

As for Pali, I think the old saying "Practice makes perfect" applies
well, if that is really what you want. If you are just going through
the Pali exercises, you can simply keep a list of the words, and
refer to them to refresh your memory. It will take time for the
declensions and conjugations to sink in your head.

Again, if you are simply working through the Pali exercises, there is
no need to know the verb stems. But, these come in handy when you
move on to read the Tipitaka and old Pali manuscripts. These root
words are the building blocks of the Pali language.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, junet9876 wrote:

...and didn't they initially have the newer messages on top when this
new layout was just introduced?

I think the best way to learn is to read a lot, do you think? I can't
do with the memorizing of all the grammar, but some people are
teaching memorizing is part of learning, I guess it's true. Bad
memory on my part I guess....btw, do you know what's the point in
indicating all the different conjugations for verbs? I mean, you have
a groups of verbs of First Conjugation, Second Conjugation, Third
Conjugation, etc...

And how necessary do you think it is to know the verb stems?...because
most of the time I can't even see the connection between the verb
stem and third person present tense.....