Paali Primer

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1. Kumaaraa vanamhi mittehi saha kii.litvaa bhatta.m bhu~njitu.m geha.m dhaavanti.
2. Migaa ti.na.m khaaditvaa udaka.m paatu.m pabbatamhaa uyyaana.m aagacchanti.
3. Vaa.nijassa putto bha.n.daani aaharitu.m rathena nagara.m gacchati.
4. Yaacako maatulassa kuddaalena aavaa.ta.m kha.nitu.m icchati.
5. Amaccaa bhuupaala.m passitu.m paasaadamhi sannipatanti.
6. Go.naa uyyaane aahi.n.ditvaa kassakassa khetta.m aagacchanti.
7. Upaasakaa sama.naana.m daana.m daatu.m vihaara.m pavisanti.
8. Rathena nagara.m gantu.m puriso gehasmaa nikkhamati.
9. Braahma.no vejjena saddhi.m nahaayitu.m udaka.m otarati.
10. Coro amaccassa geha.m pavisitu.m uyyaane aahi.n.dati.
11. Siiho pabbatamhi sayitvaa u.t.thaaya miga.m hantu.m oruhati.
12. Udaka.m otaritvaa vatthaani dhovitu.m rajako putta.m pakkosati.
13. Tathaagata.m passitvaa vanditu.m upaasako vihaara.m pavisati.
14. Khetta.m kasitu.m kassako kuddaala.m aadaaya gehaa nikkhamati.
15. Sarehi mige vijjhitu.m luddakaa sunakhehi saha ara~n~na.m pavisanti.
16. Naraa gaamamhaa nikkhamitvaa nagare vasitu.m icchanti.
17. Saku.ne passitu.m amaccaa kumaarehi saha pabbata.m aaruhanti.
18. Pabbatasmaa rukkha.m aaka.d.dhitu.m vaa.nijena saha kassako gacchati.
19. Phalaani khaaditu.m makka.taa rukkhesu caranti.
20. Pa.n.dito sugatassa saavakehi saddhi.m bhaasitu.m icchati.
21. Samudda.m taritvaa diipa.m gantvaa vatthaani aaharitu.m vaa.nijaa icchanti.
22. Pupphaani sa.mharitvaa udakena aasi~ncitu.m upaasako kumaare ovadati.
23. Ajassa kaaya.m hatthehi phusitu.m daarako icchati.
24. Braahma.nassa gehe aasanesu nisiiditu.m rajakassa puttaa icchanti.
25. Paatu.m udaka.m yaacitvaa daarako rodati.

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1. Goats roam in the park to eat leaves and drink water.
2. The wicked man wishes to hit the dog with his foot.
3. Friends go to the park to play with their dogs.
4. The lay devotee wishes to come home and instruct his sons.
5. The deity wishes to go to the monastery and speak to the Buddha.
6. The good man wishes to protect virtues and give alms.
7. Pigs run from the village to enter the forest.
8. The farmer asks for a hoe from the merchant to dig pits in his field.
9. Lay devotees assemble in the monastery to worship the Buddha.
10. The uncle comes out of the house to call the fisherman.
11. Farmers wish to get oxen; merchants wish to get horses.
12. The king wishes to abandon his palace.
13. Men take baskets and go to the forest to collect fruits for their children.
14. The farmer wanders in the forest to cut grass for his oxen.
15. Men wish to live in houses in the city with their sons.
16. Having stood on the rock, the child sees flowers on the trees.
17. Having received a garment from the teacher the doctor is pleased.
18. The hunter calls a friend to drag a goat from the forest.
19. The sailor calls merchants to cross the sea.
20. Having risen from the seat the good man wishes to speak with the monk.
21. Children wish to get down to the water and bathe.
22. The minister mounts the horse to go to the forest to shoot deer.
23. The boy wishes to cook rice for his uncle's friends.
24. Jackals leave the forest to enter the farmers' fields.
25. Men wish to see objects with their eyes by the light of the sun.