Lesson 26
1. Declension of masculine nouns ending in -ī
Pakkhī - bird
| |
Singular |
Plural |
| Nom. |
pakkhī |
pakkhī / pakkhino |
| Voc.
|
pakkhī |
pakkhī / pakkhino |
| Acc.
|
pakkhinaṃ / pakkhiṃ |
pakkhī / pakkhino |
| Ins. |
pakkhinā |
pakkhīhi
(pakkhībhi) |
| Abl. |
pakkhinā /
pakkhimhā / pakkhismā |
pakkhīhi
(pakkhībhi) |
| Dat.
|
pakkhino /
pakkhissa |
pakkhīnaṃ |
| Gen. |
pakkhino /
pakkhissa |
pakkhīnaṃ |
| Loc.
|
pakkhini /
pakkhimhi / pakkhismiṃ |
pakkhīsu |
It should be noted that this declension differs from the aggi
declension only in the nominative, vocative and accusative cases.
The rest agrees with it, the only exception being pakkhini in the
locative singular, for which there is no corresponding form in the aggi
declension.
2. Masculine nouns ending in -ī
| hatthī / karī
|
- elephant |
| sāmī |
- lord, husband |
| seṭṭhī |
- banker |
| sukhī
|
- one who is happy |
| mantī
|
- minister |
| sikhī
|
- peacock |
| pāṇī |
- living being |
| dāṭhī
|
- tusker |
| dīghajīvī
|
- one with long
life |
| balī
|
- powerful one |
| vaḍḍhakī
|
- carpenter |
| sārathī
|
- charioteer |
| kuṭṭhī
|
- leper |
| pāpakārī
|
- evil doer |
Exercise 26
3. Translate into English:
1. Pakkhī gāyanto sākhāyaṃ nisīdati.
2. Gāviṃ rajjuyā muñcamānā ammā khette ṭhitā hoti.
3. Kaññāyo sabhāyaṃ naccantiyo gāyiṃsu.
4. Seṭṭhī mahantaṃ (much) dhanaṃ vissajjetvā samaṇānaṃ vihāraṃ kārāpesi.
5. Hatthino ca kaṇeruyo ca aṭaviyaṃ āhiṇḍanti.
6. Pāpakārī pāpāni paṭicchādetvā sappuriso viya (like) sabhāyaṃ nisinno
seṭṭhinā saddhiṃ kathesi.
7. Sappurisā dīghajīvino hontu, puttā sukhino bhavantu.
8. Vāṇijo nagaramhā bhaṇḍāni kiṇitvā piṭakesu pakkhipitvā rajjuyā
bandhitvā āpaṇaṃ pesesi.
9. Sārathinā āhaṭe rathe vaḍḍhakī nisinno hoti.
10. Sabbe (all) pāṇino dīghajīvino na bhavanti / honti.
11. Ammā vaḍḍhakinā gehaṃ kārāpetvā dārikāhi saha tattha (there) vasi.
12. Mayaṃ maṇayo vatthena veṭhetvā mañjūsāyaṃ nikkhipitvā bhariyānaṃ
pesayimha.
13. Muni pāpakāriṃ pakkosāpetvā dhammaṃ desetvā ovadi.
14. Balinā bhūpatino dinnaṃ kariṃ oloketuṃ tumhe sannipatittha.
15. Ahaṃ seṭṭhī kuṭṭhiṃ pakkosāpetvā bhojanaṃ (food) dāpesiṃ.
16. Sace girimhi sikhino vasanti, te (them) passituṃ ahaṃ giriṃ āruhituṃ
ussahissāmi.
17. Bhūpati sappuriso abhavi / ahosi; mantino pāpakārino abhaviṃsu /
ahesuṃ.
18. Balinā kārāpitesu pāsādesu seṭṭhino puttā na vasiṃsu.
19. Sabbe pāṇino sukhaṃ pariyesamānā jīvanti, kammāni karonti.
20. Sāmī maṇayo ca suvaṇṇaṃ ca kiṇitvā bhariyāya adadi / adāsi.
21. Asanisaddaṃ (sound of thunder) sutvā girimhi sikhino naccituṃ
ārabhiṃsu.
22. Mā balino pāpakārī hontu / bhavantu.
23. Sappurisā kusalaṃ karontā, manussehi puññaṃ kārentā, sukhino
bhavanti.
24. Kavi asinā ariṃ pahari; kaviṃ paharituṃ asakkonto ari kuddho ahosi.
25. Kapayo rukkhesu carantā pupphāni ca chindiṃsu.
4. Translate into Pāli:
1. Followed by the evil hunter the elephants ran in the forest.
2. The leper took the garments given by the husband.
3. Leopards living in the forest do not fear lions living in the caves.
4. Singing a song, the boys danced with the girls in the hall.
5. Mothers with their daughters spread lotuses on the flower altar
(pupphāsane).
6. If the boys drink liquor, the girls will become angry and will not
sing.
7. The farmer got angry with the evil doer (use gen.) who harassed the
cows grazing in the field.
8. The banker got the carpenter to build a mansion for his sons.
9. May the deities protect the good king governing the island
righteously.
10. May all (sabbe) living beings live long happily.