Yong Peng,

You might also like to consider using more verbs than nouns in translation, showing
more "doing" than "doer" wherever possible, for example, for (2) you could also
render as:

Who gives food give strength; who gives clothing, gives beauty.

It is helpful to remember that we are not translating grammar or words here, but
meanings.

Sukhi

Piya

Ong Yong Peng wrote:

> An Elementary Pali Course
> Exercise 23-A: Translate into English.
>
> 2. "Annado balado hoti - vatthado hoti va.n.nado.
> a giver of food / a giver of strength / is /
> a giver of clothes / is / a giver of beauty
> A giver of food is a giver of strength, a giver of clothes
> is a giver of beauty.
>
> Yaanado sukhado hoti - diipado hoti cakkhudo."
> a giver of vehicle / a giver of ease / is /
> a giver of lamp / is / a giver of vision
> A giver of vehicle is a giver of ease, a giver of light
> is a giver of vision.
>
> annada [Vr] / balada [Vr] / vatthada [Vr] / va.n.nada [Vr] /
> yaanada [Vr] / sukhada [Vr] / diipada [Vr] / cakkhuda [Vr]
>
> 3. Maggo atthi maggiko n'atthi, gamana.m atthi gamako n'atthi,
> kamma.m atthi kaarako n'atthi.
> path / is / traveller / is not / going / is / goer / is not /
> deed / is / doer / is not
> There is a path but not a traveller, there is a journey but
> not a voyager, there is a deed but not a doer.
>
> maggika [Nr] / gamana [Vr] / gamaka [Vr] / kaaraka [Vr]
>
> 4. "Dhammapiiti sukha.m seti*."
> he who drinks the Dhamma / is at ease
> He who rejoices in the Dhamma is at ease.
>
> dhammapiiti [Vr]
>
> 5. "Dhammacaarii sukha.m seti* - asmi.m loke paramhi ca."
> he who acts righteously / is happy / in this / in world /
> in other / and
> The Dhammafarer lives happily, in this world and the next.
>
> dhammacaarii [Vr]
>
> * See PED seti & sayati.
>
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