LILY DE SILVA

Pāli Primer Lily de Silva, M.A., Ph.D. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka   CONTENTS Pronunciation 01 Declension of masculine nouns

Lesson 1 VOCABULARY 1. Masculine nouns ending in -a Buddha / Tathāgata / Sugata – the Buddha manussa – man,

Lesson 2 VOCABULARY 1. Masculine nouns ending in -a dhamma the doctrine, truth bhatta rice odana cooked rice gāma village

Lesson 3 VOCABULARY 1. Masculine nouns ending in -a   ratha vehicle, chariot sakaṭa cart hattha hand pāda foot magga

Lesson 4 VOCABULARY 1. Masculine nouns ending in -a dhīvara fisherman maccha fish piṭaka basket amacca minister upāsaka lay devotee

Lesson 5 VOCABULARY 1. Masculine nouns ending in -a tāpasa hermit ācariya teacher vejja doctor sīha lion luddaka hunter aja

Lesson 6 1. Declension of masculine nouns ending in -a (contd.) Genetive case: The inflections of the genitive case are

Lesson 7 VOCABULARY 1. Masculine nouns ending in -a nāvika sailor ākāsa sky samudda ocean, sea deva / sura deity,

Lesson 8 1. Declension of masculine nouns ending in -a (contd.) Vocative Case: The uninflected nominal base is used as

Lesson 9 1. The Gerund, the Absolutive or the Indeclinable Participle The suffix -tvā is added to the root of

Lesson 10 1. The Infinitive The suffix -tuṃ is added to the root of the verb or the verbal base

Lesson 11 VOCABULARY 1. Neuter nouns ending in -a āpaṇa shop, bazaar puñña merit pāpa evil, sin kamma deed, action

Lesson 12 1. Conjugation of Verbs The Present Tense, Active Voice So far only the present tense, active voice, third

Lesson 13 1. Conjugation of Verbs The Present Tense, Active Voice (continued) Verbs which have the base ending in -e

Lesson 14 1. The Future Tense The future tense is formed by adding -ssa to the root / verbal base

Lesson 15 1. The Optative or the Potential Mood The optative expresses mainly probability and advice, and ideas such as

Lesson 16 1. The Imperative The imperative mood expresses a command, benediction, prayer or wish. Base: paca = to cook