Venerable Dhammadarsa,
Op 15-jan-2011, om 14:59 heeft Dhammadarsa het volgende geschreven:

> Exercise 21 Pali to English
>
> # 11. Pubbe Saavatthinagare manussaana.m satta ko.tiyo vasi.msu.
>
> The locative of pubba would seem to be pubbamhi, or pubbasmi [not
> pubbe] because nagara is neuter and follows the declensions of
> �yo� [see text page 49], therefore maybe we have to change the
> above to:
>
> Pubbamhi Saavatthinagare manussaana.m satta ko.tiyo vasi.msu.

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N: I looked it up in the PED. It says: loc. pubbe: in earlier times,
in the past, before.
Thus here it does not have to follow nagare.
Thank you for your analysis of numerals.
With respect,
Nina.



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