An Elementary Pali Course
Exercise 20-B: Translate into English.

6. Sun and Moon shine in the sky.
candasuriyaa / dippanti / aakaase
Candasuriyaa aakaase dippanti.

candasuriyaa = cando ca suriyo ca [D]

7. My brother's son is a pupil in a village-school.
mayha.m / bhaatussa / putto / hoti / antevaasika.m /
gaamapaa.thasaalaaya.m
Mayha.m bhaatussa putto gaamapaa.thasaalaaya.m antevaasika.m hoti.

gaamapaa.thasaalaaya.m = gaamassa-paa.thasaalaaya.m [T]
antevaasika.m = ante-vaasika.m [T]

8. Great beings are born amongst men for the good of the world.
mahaasattaa / uppajjanti / purisesu / atthaaya / lokassa
Mahaasattaa lokassa atthaaya purisesu uppajjanti.

mahaasattaa = mahantaa + sattaa [K]

9. In this vessel is well-water and in that is sea-water.
etasmi.m / gha.tasmi.m / atthi / kuupodaka.m / tasmi.m /
atthi / samuddodaka.m
Etasmi.m gha.tasmi.m kuupodaka.m tasmi.m samuddodaka.m atthi.

kuupodaka.m = kuupassa-udaka.m [T]
samuddodaka.m =samuddassa-udaka.m [T]

10. The lion is the king of the quadrupeds.
siho / hoti / raajaa / catuppadaana.m
Siho catuppadaana.m raajaa hoti.

catuppadaana.m = caturo-padaana.m [Kn]


[A]vyayiibhaava
[B]ahubbiihi
[D]vanda
[K]ammadhaaraya {[n]umerical}
[T]appurisa


metta,
Yong Peng.