An Elementary Pali Course

Exercise 8-B: Translate into Pali.

6. Only yesterday I wrote a letter and sent to my master.
eva / hiiyo / aha.m / likhitvaa / lekhana.m / pesesi.m /
mayha.m / adhipatissa
Eva hiiyo aha.m lekhana.m likhitvaa mayha.m adhipatissa
pesesi.m.

7. The poet compiled a book and gave to the king.
kavi / sa'nga.nhitvaa / potthaka.m / adaasi / narapatino
Kavi potthaka.m sa'nga.nhitvaa narapatino adaasi.

8. Our relatives lived in the guest's house for a long time
and left only (this) morning.
amhaaka.m / ñaatayo / vasitvaa / atithissa / ghare / cira.m /
nikkhami.msu / paato'va
Amhaaka.m ñaatayo cira.m atithissa ghare vasitvaa paato'va
nikkhami.msu.

9. The householders brought paddy from the farmers and sowed
in their fields.
gahapatayo / ki.nitvaa / viihi.m / kassakehi / vapi.msu /
tesa.m / khettesu
Gahapatayo kassakehi viihi.m ki.nitvaa tesa.m khettesu
vapi.msu.


metta,
Yong Peng