An Elementary Pali Course

Exercise 8-B: Translate into Pali.

2. O householders, why did you not advise your children to go
to school?
gahapatayo / kasmaa / tumhe / na ovadittha / tumhaaka.m /
daarake / gantu.m / paa.thasaala.m
Gahapatayo, kasmaa tumhe paa.thasaala.m gantu.m tumhaaka.m
daarake na ovadittha?

3. We saw the king and came.
maya.m / disvaa / narapati.m / agamimhaa
Narapati.m disvaa maya.m agamimhaa.

4. I went and spoke to the poet.
aha.m / gantvaa / avadi.m / kavino
Aha.m kavino gantvaa avadi.m.

5. The chief of the temple sat on a chair and preach the Doctrine
to the householders.
adhipati / aaraamassa / nisiiditvaa / pii.the / desesi /
Dhamma.m / gahapatina.m
Pii.the nisiiditvaa aaraamassa adhipati gahapatina.m Dhamma.m
desesi.


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