Dear John and friends,

thanks, but I am confused. I have done quite the reverse. I
corrected "niilasse" to "niilassaa", so that "setahatthayo vaa
niilassaa vaa" agrees with "na di.t.thapubbaa". Hopefully, it is
right this time.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, John Kelly wrote:

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.

> 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.

> > > 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.)