Hello John,

It seems that most people looking for an introduction
to Pali that find Warder daunting turn to Pali Primer
by Dr. Lily de Silva. It is published by VRI,
Vipassana Research Institute, and available for just a
few bucks.
That said, it may be worth your while to stick with
Warder. Warder's book gives you more information than
you need to complete the exercises which makes it look
daunting. IMHO, the trick is to learn to ignore what
you don't need to complete the exercises. For
example, Lesson 1 would kill just about anyone's
enthusiasm. Skip the "theory of derivation of the
present tense stems". Skip "Vowel Gradation". Learn
the "First Conjugation", the "Present Tense", and
"Nominative Case"(subject of the sentence).
The reason that I recommend this approach is that
Warder trains you to read Pali Texts. Nothing IMHO
does it better.
You can always ask questions here.

Good Luck!
Sumana

PS: How about those Sox.

--- anukampana <anukampana@...> wrote:

> my friends,
>
> this group is such a wonderful resource. i was
> wondering if someone
> might recommend which intro to pali course might be
> best for a
> complete novice at languages? i have warder but it
> seems a bit
> fast-paced for me. any help you might provide would
> be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> with metta,
>
> john hasemeyer
> chicago, il
>
>
>
>
>
>

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