An Elementary Pali Course
Exercise 16-B: Translate into Pali.
16. She brought three presents for her three little sisters.
saa / aahari / tayo / pa.n.naakaare / tassaa / tissanna.m /
taru.naana.m / bhaginiina.m
Saa tassaa tissanna.m taru.naana.m bhaginiina.m tayo
pa.n.naakaare aahari.
17. My age is eighteen years.
mayha.m / aayu / hoti / a.t.thadasa / vassaa
Mayha.m aayu a.t.thadasa vassaa hoti.
18. In his 29th year he left home,
(tassa) / ek'uuna-ti.msatime / vasse / (so) / nikkhamma /
gharasmaa /
Ek'uuna-ti.msatime vasse gharasmaa nikkhamma
and endeavouring for six years he understood the Four Truths
vaayamitvaa / cha / vassaani / so / bujjhitvaa / cattaari /
saccaani
cha vassaani vaayamitvaa so cattaari saccaani bujjhitvaa
and became a Fully Enlightened One in his thirty-fifth year.
bhavi / Sammaa-sambuddho / (tassa) / pañca-ti.msatime /
vasse
pañca-ti.msatime vasse Sammaa-sambuddho bhavi.
After becoming a Buddha He preached the Doctrine for
forty-five years.
hutvaa / Buddho / so / desesi / Dhamma.m /
pañca-cattaa.liisa / vassaani
Buddho hutvaa so pañca-cattaa.liisa vassaani Dhamma.m desesi.