Lesson 11 - Translate into Pāli

Question 1

The man washing clothes speaks with the boy going on the road.

Answer 1

Vatthāni dhovanto puriso magge gacchantena kumārena
saddhiṃ bhāsati.

Question 2

The brahmin sees the deer coming out of the forest to drink water.

Answer 2

Brāhmaṇo udakaṃ pivituṃ araññamhā āgacchantaṃ / nikkhamantaṃ migaṃ passati.

Question 3

Goats in the park eat leaves falling from the trees.

Answer 3

Uyyāne ajā rukkhehi patantāni paṇṇāni khādanti.

Question 4

Wicked men wish to see hunters killing deer.

Answer 4

Asappurisā mige hanante luddake passituṃ icchanti.

Question 5

The farmer sees birds eating seeds in his field.

Answer 5

Kassako khette bījāni khādante sakuṇe passati.

Question 6

Recluses who enter the city wish to worship the Buddha dwelling in the monastery.

Answer 6

Nagaraṃ pavisantā samaṇā vihāre vasantaṃ Buddhaṃ
vandituṃ icchanti.

Question 7

Standing on the stairway the child sees monkeys sitting on the tree.

Answer 7

Sopāne tiṭṭhanto dārako rukkhe nisīdante makkaṭe passati.

Question 8

Boys give rice to fish moving in the water.

Answer 8

Kumārā udake carantānaṃ macchānaṃ bhattaṃ dadanti.

Question 9

The sailor wishing to cross the sea asks for money from the
king.

Answer 9

Samuddaṃ tarituṃ ākaṅkhamāno nāviko bhūpālamhā mūlaṃ yācati.

Question 10

Men see with their eyes the light of the moon falling on the
sea.

Answer 10

Samuddasmiṃ patantaṃ candassa ālokaṃ manussā locanehi passanti.

Question 11

Lay devotees try to give robes to monks living in the
monastery.

Answer 11

Upāsakā vihāre vasantānaṃ samaṇānaṃ cīvare dātuṃ
ussahanti.

Question 12

Wishing for merit virtuous men give alms to the monks and
observe (rakkhanti) the precepts.

Answer 12

Puññaṃ ākaṅkhamānā sappurisā samaṇānaṃ dānāni dadanti sīlāni rakkhanti.

Question 13

The man walks on the leaves falling from the trees in the
forest.

Answer 13

Puriso araññe rukkhehi patantesu paṇṇesu āhiṇḍati.

Question 14

The uncle gives a lotus to the child searching for flowers.

Answer 14

Mātulo pupphāni pariyesantassa dārakassa padumaṃ dadāti.

Question 15

Having given the beggar some corn the fisherman enters the
house.

Answer 15

Dhīvaro yācakassa thokaṃ dhaññaṃ datvā gehaṃ pavisati.

Question 16

The minister gives seeds to the farmers who plough their
fields.

Answer 16

Amacco khette kasantānaṃ kassakānaṃ bījāni dadāti.

Question 17

The dog tries to bite the hand of the man who strokes his body.

Answer 17

Sunakho (tassa=his) kāyaṃ phusantassa purisassa hatthaṃ
ḍasituṃ ussahati.

Question 18

The Buddha’s disciples question the child crying on the road.

Answer 18

Buddhassa sāvakā magge rodantaṃ dārakaṃ pucchanti.

Question 19

The uncle’s friend calls the boys singing songs seated under
the tree.

Answer 19

Mātulassa mitto rukkhamūle nisīditvā gītāni gāyante kumāre
pakkosati.

Question 20

Virtuous men give food to the monks who approach their
houses.

Answer 20

Sappurisā gehe upasaṅkamantānaṃ samaṇānaṃ odanaṃ dadanti.

Question 21

Wise men who wish to be born in heaven practise (rakkhanti)
virtue.

Answer 21

Sagge uppajjituṃ ākaṅkhamānā sappurisā sīlaṃ rakkhanti

Question 22

Seeing the jackal approaching the village the farmer tries to
hit it with a stone.

Answer 22

Gāmaṃ āgacchantaṃ/upasaṅkamantaṃ sigālaṃ disvā
kassako pāsāṇena taṃ paharituṃ ussahati.

Question 23

Speaking the truth lay devotees try to understand the doctrine.

Answer 23

Saccaṃ bhāsamānā upāsakā dhammaṃ uggaṇhituṃ/adhigantuṃ ussahanti.

Question 24

Having washed the bowl with water the hermit looks for
drinking water.

Answer 24

Udakena pattaṃ dhovitvā tāpaso pānīyaṃ pariyesati.

Question 25

Wise men who observe the precepts begin to understand the truth.

Answer 25

Sīlāni rakkhantā paṇḍitā saccaṃ adhigantuṃ ārabhanti.