Dear Yong Peng,
A useful question.
Op 3-jul-2011, om 17:12 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven:

> YP: vandiya (PTS: gerundive of vandati) to be honoured.
> YP: vanditabba (future passive participle of vandati) should be
> honoured.
> YP: This is the first time I encounter a "gerundive" and a "future
> passive participle" of the same verb so close together. In Latin, a
> gerund is a verbal noun, while a gerundive is a verbal adjective.
> Can anyone explain if the same can be said of Pali.

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N: I looked up Warder lesson 8: a gerund (pubbakiriya) is an
indeclinable participle, expressing a action preceding the action of
the main verb. Agent of gerund is the same as agent of main action.
endings on -tvaa, itvaa, or ya.
We have met forms like: upasa.mkamitvaa, having approached... And
aadaaya, having taken.
Duroiselle, at end deals with Gerund, but not with gerundive.
But now we have here a gerundive, or in Latin: gerundivum, a form
with: must, or, to be: vandiya.
As you say, this is a verbal noun.
The difference between gerundive and gerund in Latin: I asked an
expert in the family and tell you as soon as he answers.
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Nina.



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