Pāli Primer – Lesson 8

Lesson 8

1. Declension of masculine nouns ending in -a (contd.)

Vocative Case: The uninflected nominal base is used as the vocative singular.

The case ending -ā is added to form the vocative plural.

Singular:

1. nara (O man)
2. mātula (O uncle)
3. kassaka (O farmer)

Plural:

nara + ā = narā (O men)
mātula + ā = mātulā (O uncles)
kassaka + ā = kassakā (O farmers)

2. The full paradigm of the declension of masculine nouns ending in -a

Nara = man

3. Declension of neuter nouns ending in -a

Phala = fruit

The rest is similar to the declension of masculine nouns ending in -a.

Vocabulary

Neuter nouns ending in -a:

Verbs:

Exercise 8:

4. Translate into English:

1. Upāsako pupphāni āharati.
2. Araññe migā vasanti, rukkhesu makkaṭā caranti.
3. Goṇā tiṇaṃ khādanti.
4. Manussā nayanehi passanti.
5. Samaṇo vihārasmiṃ āsane nisīdati.
6. Rukkhamhā paṇṇāni patanti.
7. Vāṇijā gāmamhā khīraṃ nagaraṃ haranti.
8. Bhūpālo kumārena saddhiṃ uyyāne carati.
9. Kassako khettamhi kuddālena āvāṭe khaṇati.
10. Mātulo puttassa bhaṇḍāni dadāti.
11. Upāsakā samaṇānaṃ dānaṃ dadanti, sīlāni rakkhanti.
12. Dārakā mittehi saddhiṃ udakasmiṃ kīḷanti.
13. Kassakā vāṇijehi vatthāni labhanti.
14. Kumāro uyyānamhā mātulassa kusumāni āharati.
15. Brāhmaṇassa ajā goṇehi saha vane āhiṇḍanti, tiṇāni khādanti.
16. Sīho vanasmiṃ rukkhamūle (at the foot of a tree) nisīdati.
17. Rajakā udakena āsanāni dhovanti.
18. Amacco dūtena saddhiṃ rathena araññaṃ pavisati.
19. Yācakassa putto udakena paṇṇāni dhovati.
20. Vāṇijā bhaṇḍāni nagaramhā gāmaṃ āharanti.
21. Tathāgatassa sāvakā asappurisānaṃ putte anusāsanti.
22. Upāsakā udakena pupphāni āsiñcanti.
23. Kumāro pattaṃ bhindati, mātulo akkosati.
24. Luddakassa putto migassa kāyaṃ hatthena phusati.
25. Goṇo khette pāsāṇamhā uṭṭhahati.
26. Rajakassa putto sāṭake mañcasmiṃ nikkhipati.
27. Sugatassa sāvako vihārassa dvāraṃ vivarati.
28. Vejjassa dārakā gehe naccanti.
29. Paṇḍito asappurisaṃ ovadati.
30. Coro ācariyassa sakaṭaṃ pabbatasmiṃ pajahati.

5. Translate into Pāli:

1. Children play in the water with the dog.
2. The wicked man breaks leaves from the tree.
3. Kings go in vehicles to the park with their ministers.
4. Merchants set out from the city with goods.
5. Virtuous men give alms to monks.
6. Disciples of the Buddha assemble in the park with lay devotees.
7. The thief gets down from the tree in the forest.
8. Wicked men hit the monkeys on the trees with stones.
9. The doctor’s horse eats grass with the ox on the road.
10. Jackals live in forests, dogs live in villages.
11. Brahmins sit on seats in the house of the wise man.
12. The sailor opens the doors of his house.
13. The sons of fishermen dance with friends in the park.
14. The merchant puts fish in baskets.
15. The world gets light from the sun.
16. Sailors get up from their seats.
17. The doctor’s friend touches the body of the dog with his foot.
18. The Buddha instructs his disciples in the monastery.
19. Boys collect flowers from the park, lay devotees sprinkle them with water.
20. The parrot flies into the sky from the house of the sailor.
21. The thief cuts a tree with a saw, the farmer scolds (him).
22. The wise man advises the merchant, the merchant is pleased with the wise man.
23. The king’s messenger comes out of the sea with the sailor.
24. Merchants bring clothes for farmers from the city.
25. Gods protect virtuous men. Good men protect virtues.
26. Men see objects with their eyes with (the help of) the light of the sun.
27. Leaves from the trees fall on the road.
28. Lay devotees place flowers on altars (pupphāsana).
29. Goats drink water from pits in the field.
30. The lions get up from the rock at the foot of the tree (rukkhamūla).

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