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Pāli Primer
Lily de Silva, M.A., Ph.D.
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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Lesson 1 VOCABULARY 1. Masculine nouns ending in -a
Verbs
2. Declension of masculine nouns ending in -a Nominative case: The case ending -o is added to the nominal base to form
the nominative case singular number. Singular:
Plural :
3. Present, third, singular and plural verbs. In the verbs listed above bhāsa, paca, kasa etc. are verbal bases and -ti is the present tense, third person, singular termination. The present tense, third person, plural is formed by adding the termination -nti to the base. Singular:
Plural:
4. Examples in sentence formation Singular:
Plural:
Exercise 1 5. Translate into English:
6. Translate into Pāli:
-ooOoo- English:
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"The Pāli Primer" is a publication of the Vipassana
Research Institute (http://www.vri.dhamma.org).
It aims to provide an elementary understanding of the Pali language.
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last updated: 06-08-2004