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Basic Pali Grammar series Episode 01: Introduction to the series

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• published: 17 May 2013
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LEARN BASIC PALI GRAMMER TALK 1- course content 1. Main text: Pali Primer by Lily De Silva and workbook: a. 130 pages divided in 31 lessens of 2-3 pages each lessens. b. Auther: Professor from srilankan university, it's it's based on the teaching style of his teacher, which he refined and simplified, and I have done some work on it to simplify even fruther c. Used by many university and pali learning groups around the world. 2. What is the content like? a. Pali alphabet and pronunciation: 41 letters, 8 vowels and 33 consonants b. Genders of the nouns: Masculine, feminine and neuter nouns c. 8 Case :Nouns, pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence d. Plural and singular e. Tense Past, Present and Future f. First person, second person and third person g. Moods: imperative, potential, etc. 3. What will I do and what you will have to do a. What will I do? i. My job is to go through each lessen and explain it as easy as possible ii. Your job is to listen learn and repeat until you understand it deeply. 4. The Link to the text online, as well as workbook a. Google pali primer by lily desilva b. Book-http://evam.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DeSilvaPaliPrimer2008.pdf c. Wokbookhttp://sugiachanh.com/uploads/news/PaliCanBan/w01-05.html d. Link to audio books-online on youtube for audio lesssion and workbook files 5. How to learn language and some other advise for beginner a. It takes time: have patience, it takes time b. Consistency in learning, little by little c. Repetition: lots of it: 20-30 times, 6. Everything is hard before it's easy.