Hi Yong Peng,

>Dear Rett, Ole, Alan and friends,
>
>thanks, Rett. I am starting to understand that. How then would you
>translate:
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>kamma.m kho pana me karontassa kaayo kilanto, handaaha.m nipajjaami

My body is tired from doing all this work... suppose I go put on my
pyjamas (nipajjaami).

Or go have a lie-down :-)

best regards,

/Rett

>Thank you.
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>metta,
>Yong Peng.
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>--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, rett wrote:
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>It's important to keep in mind that in Pali, the main verbal action
>can be expressed by a participle, as in the above. This is a
>fundamental point and is one of the ways in which we need to unlearn
>modern English grammar when learning Pali grammar. I've noticed you
>refer to the Pali idea of the 'agent' of a sentence, and you're no
>doubt aware of how this differs from the English concept of a
>(grammatical) 'subject'. The above is another one of these
>differences. Despite the fact that you could read in an implied verb
>meaning 'to be', the main verbal action (around which the clause is
>structured) is contained in the participle 'kilanta' there.
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