Dear Liz and friends,

for people from a purely English background, the cases can pose a
challenge. Even for myself who is proficient in English and Chinese,
two languages entirely alien to each other, cases are new to me.

In English, most of the cases are gone, with few exceptions:
http://www.bartleby.com/116/201.html

Beginners can be further confused when, occasionally, a case differs
from its implied usage/function. To gain a little insight to what I
mean, please refer to the following page:
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/pali.php?course=lesson25


metta,
Yong Peng.

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

Thank you, Yong Peng, for that explanation. The suggestion to look at
context is helpful too as I look forward to reading reading real Pali
sources.