The New Pali Course Part III (1950)
Prof. A. P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thera

Chapter IV Analysis of Sentences

72. There are many kinds of adverbs and adverbial phrases. They are classified according to their meanings:

Adverbs

(1) of time: yadaa, tadaa, idaani, ajja, paato, divaa, etc.
(2) of place: tattha, yahi.m, kutra, tamhaa, uddha.m, adho, he.t.thaa, duurato, etc.
(3) of degree or quantity: thoka.m, bahuka.m, yaavataa, taavataa, yaava, taava, kittaavataa, etc.
(4) of manner: siigha.m, sanika.m, sahasaa, sukha.m.
(5) of certainty: addhaa, vata, kaama.m, jaatu, ve, etc.
(6) of reason and consequence: tasmaa, tena, yato, ya.m, tato, kasmaa, etc.

Adverbial phrases also are classified like the adverbs:
(1) Tasmi.m jiivante yeva tassa parisaa vipulaa ahosi.
YP: Surely, his following was great when him was living.
(2) Mahaara~n~naa kaarite vihaare bahavo theraa vasanti.
YP: Many elders live in the monastery built by the great king.
(3) "Daanaveyyaava.tiko pi pa.n.ne aaropita-niyaamen'eva tesa.m tesa.m gehaani bhikkhuu pahi.ni."
YP: "The services also sent the monks to the houses of each and every one, so as it is made on the leaf."
YP: see PED daana for daanaveyyaava.tika: services rendered at the distribution of gifts
YP: aaropita-niyaamen'eva = aaropita-niyaamena eva
YP: tesa.m tesa.m (distributive use): to each and every
(4) "Yathaa me dhanacchedo na hoti, tathaa karissaami."
YP: "I shall so see to it (lit. do it) that there is no loss to my wealth."
YP: see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/12184
* Feel free to try translating the Pali sentences below. *
(5) "Atha te devii pucchi: Ki.m kaara.naa aagatatthaati?"

Examples Group 15

Define the various clauses and phrases of the following:-

1. "Ajaatasattu-kumaaro Devadattassa Gayaasiise vihaara.m kaaretvaa... divase divase pa~ncathaalipaaka-sataani abhihari." (Mahilaamukha) [J.i,185-8]

Glossary Group 15

1. Pa~nca...abhihari, he brought 500 pots of rice. (One thaalipaaka contains food enough for ten persons.)

* As discussed previously, we now put the exercise examples and glossaries together to encourage participation. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/15202

ref: http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/synthesis/pali3.00.cdv