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Paali Primer
Lesson 4
1. Vocabulary
Masculine nouns ending in -a
- dhiivara - fisherman
- maccha - fish
- pi.taka - basket
- amacca - minister
- upaasaka - lay devotee
- paasaada - palace
- daaraka - child
- saa.taka - garment
- rajaka - washerman
- sappa - serpent
- pa~nha -
question
- suka/suva - parrot
- sopaana - stairway
- suukara/varaaha - pig
Verbs
- patati - falls
- dhovati - washes
- icchati - wishes, desires
- .dasati - bites
- pucchati - questions
- pakkosati - calls, summons
- khaadati - eats
- hanati - kills
- otarati - descends
- nikkhamati - leaves, sets out
2. Declension of masculine
nouns ending in -a (contd.)
Ablative case: Case endings -aa/-mhaa/-smaa
are added to the nominal base to form the ablative singular. Case ending -ehi is
added to form the ablative plural; -ebhi is an archaic ending that is also used.
Singular
- nara + aa/mhaa/smaa = naraa/naramhaa/narasmaa (From the man)
- maatula + aa/mhaa/smaa = maatulaa/maatulamhaa/maatulasmaa (From the
uncle)
- kassaka + aa/mhaa/smaa = kassakaa/kassakamhaa/kassakasmaa
(From the farmer)
Plural
- nara + ehi = narehi (narebhi) (From men)
- maatula
+ ehi = maatulehi (maatulebhi) (From uncles)
- kassaka + ehi = kassakehi (kassakebhi)
(From farmers)
3. Examples in sentence formation
Singular
- Yaacako naramhaa
bhatta.m yaacati.
The beggar asks for rice from the man.
- Putto maatulamhaa
pa~nha.m pucchati.
The son asks a question from the uncle.
- Kassako rukkhasmaa
patati.
The farmer falls from the tree.
Plural
- Yaacakaa narehi bhatta.m
yaacanti.
Beggars ask for rice from men.
- Puttaa maatulehi pa~nhe pucchanti.
Sons ask questions from uncles.
- Kassakaa rukkhehi patanti.
Farmers fall from
trees.
Exercise 4
Translate into English
- Coraa gaamamhaa pabbata.m
dhaavanti.
- Daarako maatulasmaa odana.m yaacati.
- Kumaaro sopaanamhaa patati.
- Maatulaa saa.take dhovanti.
- Dhiivaraa pi.takehi macche aaharanti.
- Upaasakaa sama.nehi saddhi.m vihaarasmaa nikkhamanti.
- Braahma.no kakacena
rukkha.m chindati.
- Kumaaraa mittehi saha bhuupaala.m passanti.
- Vaa.nijo
assena saddhi.m pabbatasmaa oruhati.
- Yaacako kassakasmaa so.na.m yaacati.
- Sappaa pabbatehi gaama.m otaranti.
- Amaccaa sarehi mige vijjhanti.
- Coro gaamamhaa saka.tena saa.take harati.
- Bhuupaalo amaccehi saddhi.m
rathena paasaada.m aagacchati.
- Suukaraa paadehi aavaa.te kha.nanti.
- Kumaaro sahaayakehi saha saa.take dhovati.
- Sama.naa gaamamhaa upaasakehi
saddhi.m nikkhamanti.
- Kukkuro pi.takamhaa maccha.m khaadati.
- Mitto
puttamhaa sunakha.m yaacati.
- Buddho saavake pucchati.
- Amaccaa
pa.n.ditehi pa~nhe pucchanti.
- Rajako sahaayena saha saa.taka.m dhovati.
- Macchaa pi.takamhaa patanti.
- Coraa paasaa.nehi varaahe paharanti.
- Amacco
paasaadamhaa suva.m aaharati.
Translate into Paali
- Horses run from the
village to the mountain.
- Merchants come from the island to the monastery with
lay devotees.
- Thieves shoot pigs with arrows.
- The lay devotee questions
(about) the dhamma from the recluse.
- The child falls from the rock with a
friend.
- The dog bites the child.
- Ministers set out from the palace with
the king.
- The man brings a deer from the island.
- The farmer gets down from
the tree.
- Dogs run along the road with horses.
- Boys take away lamps from
merchants.
- The thief gets down from the stairway.
- Merchants bring
parrots from mountains.
- The horse hits the serpent with its foot.
- The
uncle, with his friends, sees recluses from the mountains.
- Merchants bring
horses to the palace from the island.
- The minister questions the thief.
- The farmer eats rice with the washerman.
- The child falls from the stairway.
- The fisherman climbs the mountain with his uncle.
- The beggar, together
with his dog, sleeps.
- Kings protect islands with their ministers.
- The
king worships the Buddha from his palace.
- The man kills a serpent with a
sword.
- Fishermen bring fish to the village in carts.
- Pigs run from the
village to the mountain.
- Lay devotees ask questions from the wise man.
- The son brings a parrot from the tree.
- Wise men go to the monastery.
- Disciples go along the road to the village.
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