Thanks Yong Peng,

For this link and the description of the book:
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/synthesis/pali1.10.cdv

I find your simple Pali sentences with English translation, particulary in
the exercise keys, the most effective self-learning tool, to gradually build
familiarity with new vocabulary and vocabulary, and then self-test myself.

I really wasn't getting anywhere until I found these.

Thanks again,
Jon Fernquest

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng" <pali.smith@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Nina,
>
> my apologies for this late reply. I am back in Singapore for the
> Chinese New Year holidays since Monday, and have been busy
shopping,
> visiting family and friends, and catching up on some other stuff. I
> got to watch CNN live telecast of United States President Bush's final
> State of the Union Address on Tuesday, and was glad to hear him
> mentioned Burma (once). Hopefully, he will do something to improve
the
> situation in Burma before his presidential term ends this year.
>
> The reference paragraph is from the first book, which is available
> here: http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/synthesis/pali1.10.cdv
>
> I am currently posting the second book, or Part II, to the list. As
> mentioned sometimes earlier, there is also a Part III, which discusses
> advance topics but there is no exercises in the book. Since I am now
> in Singapore, and the book is sitting on my shelf, I shall provide a
> quick overview of its contents, as follows:
>
> The book deals with advance topics in Pali, and the chapters vary very
> much in length. Chapter 1 deals with uncommon word forms, such as
> saa, kara, mahaaraaja, santa, etc. Chapters II to VI are short
> chapters on verbs, syntax of nouns, and sentence analysis. Chapter VII
> contains a list of indeclinables and their definitions. Chapter IX
> explains idioms and antithetics.
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom wrote:
>
> Just the first paras I did not get. The other paras with examples are
> clear. Which book do you refer to? Sorry, I missed it.
>
> > The causal suffixes and the method of forming causal verbs are
given
> in §74 of the First Book.
>