Comments on: Pali Day 1 http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/ A little place for learning languages Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:10:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: thomas http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-76 thomas Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:48:53 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/#comment-76 rikker: That's good to know, although I don't plan on tackling Thai until I've mastered Japanese. I like to see connections in languages though. If I'm writing a post about Pali and you happen to notice a word that has a corresponding word in Thai, feel free to let me know in the comments. rikker: That’s good to know, although I don’t plan on tackling Thai until I’ve mastered Japanese. I like to see connections in languages though. If I’m writing a post about Pali and you happen to notice a word that has a corresponding word in Thai, feel free to let me know in the comments.

]]> By: rikker http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-69 rikker Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:31:59 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/#comment-69 I think knowing Pali will make it easier to learn Thai, yes. Once you learn to start making connections with words you know from Pali, you'll probably be able to remember Pali/Sanskrit-derived words more easily, be able to recognize P/S loanwords, and so forth. Or so think I. I think knowing Pali will make it easier to learn Thai, yes. Once you learn to start making connections with words you know from Pali, you’ll probably be able to remember Pali/Sanskrit-derived words more easily, be able to recognize P/S loanwords, and so forth. Or so think I.

]]> By: Grinding Out The Pali | babelhut.com http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Grinding Out The Pali | babelhut.com Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:01:36 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/#comment-66 [...] been a while since I wrote about my Pali study, but that doesn’t mean I’ve slowed down any. I’ve been pushing through the A.K. [...] [...] been a while since I wrote about my Pali study, but that doesn’t mean I’ve slowed down any. I’ve been pushing through the A.K. [...]

]]> By: thomas http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-63 thomas Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:42:58 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/#comment-63 rikker: Great find! That book predates the Pali Text Society! The old writing style is so cool to read. It has some funny example sentences in there too: "Amongst cows, the black cow is that which gives most milk." "The dying of cloth, by a person not a dyer, is wonderful." Someday I hope to get around to learning the Sinhalese script. Learning Pali through Thai might be a lot like studying Latin for us. Of course Thai and Pali aren't related, but as you said a lot of the Thai vocabulary is borrowed from Pali. I wonder if knowing Pali will make learning Thai easier in the future. rikker: Great find! That book predates the Pali Text Society! The old writing style is so cool to read. It has some funny example sentences in there too: “Amongst cows, the black cow is that which gives most milk.” “The dying of cloth, by a person not a dyer, is wonderful.” Someday I hope to get around to learning the Sinhalese script.

Learning Pali through Thai might be a lot like studying Latin for us. Of course Thai and Pali aren’t related, but as you said a lot of the Thai vocabulary is borrowed from Pali. I wonder if knowing Pali will make learning Thai easier in the future.

]]> By: rikker http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-61 rikker Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:17:04 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/#comment-61 Google Books has some interesting (albeit old) stuff. Here's a <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2CsMAAAAYAAJ&as_brr=1" rel="nofollow">Pali grammar</a> from the 1820s, fully downloadable as a PDF. Bravo on studying Pali. I should probably study it more systematically myself, being as Thai etymology is one of my main interests, and so many Thai words come from Pali. Everything I know about Pali right now comes through the filter of Thai. One of these days.. Google Books has some interesting (albeit old) stuff. Here’s a Pali grammar from the 1820s, fully downloadable as a PDF.

Bravo on studying Pali. I should probably study it more systematically myself, being as Thai etymology is one of my main interests, and so many Thai words come from Pali. Everything I know about Pali right now comes through the filter of Thai. One of these days..

]]> By: A Mnemonic Device To Remember Japanese Dictionary Order | babelhut.com http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-30 A Mnemonic Device To Remember Japanese Dictionary Order | babelhut.com Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:16:47 +0000 http://babelhut.com/languages/pali/pali-day-1/#comment-30 [...] slow work if you don’t know the dictionary order (an issue that is starting to come up in my Pali study too). I knew generally that “ka”, “sa” and “ta” were near the [...] [...] slow work if you don’t know the dictionary order (an issue that is starting to come up in my Pali study too). I knew generally that “ka”, “sa” and “ta” were near the [...]

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