An Elementary Pali Course
Exercise 23-B: Translate into Pali.
5. Of what use is his praise to the disciples.
ki.m / payojana.m / tassa / va.n.nena / saavakaana.m
Tassa va.n.nena saavakaana.m ki.m payojana.m?
6. I do not know his going or coming.
aha.m / na jaanaami / tassa / gamanaagamana.m
Aha.m tassa gamanaagamana.m na jaanaami.
7. There is medicine for bodily diseases but not for mental diseases.
atthi / osadha.m / kaayarogassa / na ca / maanasikarogassa
Osadha.m kaayarogassa na ca maanasikarogassa atthi.
8. The coach-builder wishing to make a chariot felled*
the tallest tree in his garden.
rathakaaro / kattukaamo / ratha.m / paatesi /
ucci.t.tharukkha.m / (tassa) / aaraame
Ratha.m kattukaamo rathakaaro aaraame ucci.t.tharukkha.m paatesi.
9. Who knows that our death will come tomorrow?
ko / jaanaati / amhaaka.m / maccu / aagamissati / suve
Ko jaanaati 'suve amhaaka.m maccu aagamissatii'ti?