Lesson 23 - Translate into English

Question 1

Ammā samaṇehi asappurise putte anusāsāpesi.

Answer 1

The mother got monks to advise her wicked sons.

Question 2

Tumhe manusse pīḷente core āmantāpetvā ovadatha.

Answer 2

You (pl.) get the robbers oppressing people summoned and advise (them).

Question 3

Samaṇo upāsake sannipātāpetvā dhammaṃ desesi.

Answer 3

The monk got lay devotees assembled and preached the Dhamma.

Question 3

Vāṇijo kassakena rukkhe chindāpetvā / chedāpetvā sakaṭena nagaraṃ netvā vikkiṇi.

Answer 3

The merchant got a farmer to cut trees, took them by cart to town and sold them.

Question 4

Mātulo kumārehi pupphāni ca phalāni ca ocināpesi.

Answer 4

The uncle got the boys to pick flowers and fruits.

Question 5

Amacco vāṇije ca kassake ca pakkosāpetvā pucchissati.

Answer 5

Having summoned the merchants and farmers, the minister will question them.

Question 5

Kaññāhi āhaṭāni pupphāni vanitāyo āsiñcāpesuṃ.

Answer 5

Women caused the flowers brought by the girls to be sprinkled.

Question 6

Dārikā sunakhaṃ pokkharaṇiṃ otarāpesi.

Answer 6

The girl made the dog get down into the pond.

Question 7

Bhariyāya kātabbaṃ kammaṃ ahaṃ karomi.

Answer 7

I do the work/duty that should be done by a wife.

Question 8

Luddako mittena migaṃ vijjhitvā mārāpesi.

Answer 8

The hunter got the deer shot and killed by a friend.

Question 9

Ammā dārikaṃ khīraṃ pāyetvā mañce sayāpesi.

Answer 9

The mother made the daughter drink the milk and sleep on a bed.

Question 9

Brāhmaṇo ācāriyena kumāriṃ dhammaṃ uggaṇhāpesi.

Answer 9

The brahmin got a teacher to teach the dhamma to his daughter.

Question 10

Vāṇijā assehi bhaṇḍāni gāhāpetva vikkiṇituṃ nagaraṃ gamiṃsu.

Answer 10

Merchants made the horses carry the goods and went to the town to sell [them].

Question 11

Vanitā sahāyakena rukkhassa sākhāyo ākaḍḍhāpetvā gehaṃ nesi.

Answer 11

The woman got a friend to drag the branches of a tree and carried them home.

Question 12

Ammā puttena gehaṃ āgataṃ samaṇaṃ vandāpesi.

Answer 12

The mother made her son honour the monk who came home.

Question 13

Upāsakā samaṇe āsanesu nisīdāpetvā bhojāpesuṃ.

Answer 13

Lay devotees made the monks sit on seats and offered them a meal.

Question 14

Bhaginī bhinnapattassa khaṇḍāni (pieces) āmasantī rodantī gehadvāre aṭṭhāsi.

Answer 14

The sister stood at the door of the house crying, stroking/touching/meddling with the pieces of the broken bowl.

Question 15

Udakaṃ āharituṃ gacchantiyo nāriyo sallapantiyo rukkhamūlesu patitāni kusumāni oloketvā modiṃsu.

Answer 15

Women going to fetch water enjoyed themselves talking, looking at the flowers fallen at the foot of trees.

Question 16

Sappurisena kārāpitesu vihāresu samaṇā vasanti.

Answer 16

Monks live in monasteries which good men got constructed.

Question 17

Luddako tuṇḍena phalaṃ ocinituṃ vāyamantaṃ suvaṃ sarena vijjhi.

Answer 17

The hunter shot with an arrow a parrot trying to pick a fruit with its beak.