Thank you for answering my novice questions with regards to learning
basic grammar.
I decided that most of my pali grammar problems are actually a
memory problem, and that I need to initially take the hard line,
rote memory approach or I'll be forever questioning what I'm doing
in the exercises.
I created a file for use in the Input Easy program to serve as a
grammar test. This is relating to the 8 cases only for now.
I would like some feedback or corrections. Here is the study sheet
format of it. It doesn't include the diactric marks but I will add
those in later since input easy does convert them.
Chapter: The Eight Cases
1. The subject is in the...
nominative
2. The object is in which case?
accusative
3. "with" or "by means of" is shown in what case?
instrumental
4. "from" equates to what case?
ablative
5. "for" or "to" is represented in what case?
dative
6. Which case shows ownership? (dog's, man's)
genitive
7. in/on/at is represented in what case?
locative
8. what case is used in addressing someone?
vocative
9. The instrumental is usually translated as what word?
with
10. The ablative is usually represented by what word?
from
11. The dative is usually represented by what words?
for or to
12. The nominative case gets what ending in the singular?
+o
13. The nominative case gets what ending in the plural?
+a
14. The accusative case gets what ending in the singular?
+m
15. The accusative place gets what ending in the plural?
+e
16. The instrumental case gets what ending in the singular?
+ena
17. The instrumental case gets what ending in the plural?
+ehi
18. The ablative case gets what endings in the singular?
+a +mha +sma
19. The ablative case gets what ending in the plural?
+ehi
20. The dative case gets what endings in the singular?
+aya +assa
21. The dative case gets what ending in the plural?
+anam
22. The genitive case gets what ending in the singular?
+ssa
23. The genitive case gets what ending in the plural?
+anam
24. The locative case gets what endings in the singular?
+e +mhi +smim
25. The locative case gets what ending in the plural?