An Elementary Pali Course
Exercise 13-B: Translate into Pali.
17. We like to live in cities in which wise men live.
maya.m / icchaama / vasitu.m / nagaresu / yesu /
pa.n.ditaa / vasanti
Yesu nagaresu pa.n.ditaa vasanti (tesu) maya.m vasitu.m
icchaama.
Exercise 14-A: Translate into English.
1. "Eva.m me suta.m"
thus / by me / heard
Thus I have heard.
2. Mayi gate* so aagato.
I / gone / he / come
He came when I went.
3. Ki.m tena kata.m?
what / by him / done
What is done by him?
* This is the Locative absolute. Duroiselle 603(ii) The Locative
Absolute may often be translated by "when, while, since" and
sometimes by "although".