Dear Yong Peng,

Actually, with all respect, I think perhaps the grammatical error is
yours. You corrected my "niilassaa" to "niilasse", I assume because
you think accusative is appropriate here. However, I still think
nominative case is correct, since the blue horses are the subject of
the passively constructed sentence. I would welcome correction or
confirmation from anyone else on the list with a little more depth of
Pali knowledge than me.

With metta,
John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng" <yongpeng.ong@...> wrote:
> Dear John and friends,
>
> thanks again. I think your version is correct, but with a minor
> grammar mistake. It should be:
>
> White elephants or blue horses are not seen before by me.
> setahatthayo vaa / niilassaa vaa / na di.t.thapubbaa / mayaa
> Setahatthayo vaa niilassaa vaa na mayaa di.t.thapubbaa.
>
> The updated solutions are available online now:
> http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/palidd/paliload.php?page=d20
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, John Kelly wrote:
>
> > 15. Never before have I seen white elephants or blue horses.
> > aha.m / na di.t.thapubbo / setahatthayo vaa / niilasse vaa
> > Aha.m setahatthayo vaa niilasse vaa na di.t.thapubbo.
>
> This sentence construction doesn't look right to me. How about:
> Setahatthayo vaa niilasse vaa na mayaa di.t.thapubbaa.
> (literally: White elephants or blue horses are not seen before by me.)