Proper case, and how to indicate 'to' a place, and 'into' a place?

From: Chris Valade
Message: 4731
Date: 2016-09-20

With the sentence, "Tvaŋ khippaŋ gantvā gharassa lekhanaŋ āhareyyāsi?" (“Would you go immediately and bring the letter to the house?”), I'm correct to have 'ghara' ('house') in the Dat., correct?

I considered Acc. as the goal of motion, but it seems to not make any sense if it's in the Acc. I considered Loc., but it's not 'house' that is supporting the action, but instead the recipient of the action. Or would putting 'house' in the Loc. make it mean "bring the letter in the house" ... ah! That would mean that the letter is located inside the house, no?

How would one construct it in Pāḷi to say to "bring the letter into the house" as distinct form "bring the letter to the house"? I'm guessing that there is a preposition that would have to be used?

The original sentence is 'me' instead of 'house,' but it seemed easier to ponder the different cases with 'house' instead of 'me.' From Nārada, Lesson 12, Exercise B12.

Mettā,
Chris

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