Re: french version

I am new to this list and still feeling my way, more as an observer
than anything else - my Pali skills are not up to the level of
others here.  However, I do read French quite well and if I can
offer any help in that regard, please let me know.

With metta,
John

--- In palistudy@yahoogroups.com, Ong Teng Kee <ongtkee@...> wrote:
> jim,www.abebooks.com are still selling kaccayana french
version.french is much harder than german because they have female
and male verb form .
> Amara
> you can help jim because you can photocopy Nyasa in thai script
from wat tamaao in lampang.try find it in library.no thai
publication of pali grammar except from this temple by a burmese mon
names dhammadinna.they only have usual rupasiddhi and moggalana
pancika.
> 
> 
> Jim Anderson <jimanderson_on@...> wrote:
> Hi Amara,
>
> > I would think Burma and India would be the ideal place to look
for
> > such books, perhaps more than Thailand, given their familiarity
with
> > the Roman script. I will ask some friends to help look in other
> > bookshops here as well, of course,
>
> I've already been enquiring about such books in India and Sri
Lanka,
> and plan to do the same for Burma and perhaps even Cambodia. This
is
> all part of a project of mine to compile a list of printed Pali
texts
> on the Pali language, availability, and how to get them. There
would
> be a resource page for anyone interested in acquiring such books.
But
> I'm afraid it's not going to be easy because of the language
barrier
> and the rarity of such books. I will keep working on it though but
it
> will take time.
>
> To look for titles and their publishers, the online catalogues of
> major university libraries are quite helpful. I don't know if there
> are any such for Thai universities. I found out that the National
> Library of Thailand does not have an online catalogue of their
books
> and even if they did I probably couldn't use it because it'll
probably
> be all in Thai!
>
> I really appreciate your effort and hope you will continue to be on
> the lookout for anyone who may know quite a bit more about such
books
> in Thailand. There's no hurry.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jim
>
>
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