Sentence Practice 7

Question 1

1. Ahaṃmayhaṃ puttassa assa§ adadiṃ.


Answer 1

I / my / [to] son / horse / gave


I gave the horse to my son.

Question 2

2. Tvaṃ amhākaṃ gāmā āgacchasi.


Answer 2

you / our / village / come

You come (from) our village.

Question 3

3. Mayaṃ tava hatthe passāma.


Answer 3

we / your / hands / see


We see your hands.

Question 4

4. Mama puttā giriṃ āruhiṃsu.


Answer 4

my / sons / mountain / climbed


My sons climbed the mountain.

Question 5

5. Tumhākaṃ sunakhā magge sayiṃsu.


Answer 5

your / dogs / [on] path / slept


Your dogs slept on the path.

Question 6

6. Amhaṃ mittā coraṃ asinā pahariṃsu.


Answer 6

our / friends / thief / [with] sword / struck


Our friends struck the thief with the sword.

Question 7

7. Tumhaṃ dāsā arīnaṃ asse hariṃsu.


Answer 7

your / slaves / [to] enemies / horses / took away


Your slaves took away the horses to the enemies.
Alt: Your slaves took away the enemies’ horses.

Question 8

8. Coro mama puttassa maṅayo coresi.

Answer 8


thief / my / [of] son / gems / stole


The thief stole my son’s gems.

Question 9

9. Isayo mayhaṃ gehe na vasiṃsu.


Answer 9

sages / my / [in] house / not / dwelt


The sages did not dwell in my house.

Question 10

10. Kavi tava puttānaṃ dhammaṃ desesi.


Answer 10

poet / your / [to] sons / doctrine / preached
The poet preached the dhamma to your sons.

Question 11

11. Amhesu kodho natthi.

Answer 11


[in] us / anger / is not


There’s no anger in us.

Question 12

12. Tumhe vāṅijassa mayþre kiṅittha.


Answer 12

you / [of] merchant / peacocks / bought


You bought the peacocks of the merchant.

Question 13

13. Mayaṃ bhūpatino mige vikkiṅimha.


Answer 13

we / [of] king / deer / sold


We sold the deer of the king.

Question 14

14. Gahapatino putto maṃ pahari.


Answer 14

[of] householder / son / me / beat


The householder’s son beat me.

Question 15

15. Adhipatino dāsā mama goṅe pahariṃsu.


Answer 15

[of] lord / slaves / my / oxen / beat


The lord’s slaves beat my oxen.

Question 16

16. Ahaṃ tumhākaṃ vīhī na gaṅhiṃ.

Answer 16


I / your / paddy / not / took
I did not take your paddy.

Question 17

17. Dīpī gāmamhā na dhāvi.


Answer 17

leopards / [from] village / not / ran
The leopards did not run from the village.

Question 18

18. Tumhe ahayo na māretha.


Answer 18

you / serpents / not / kill
Y

ou don’t kill the serpents.

Question 19

19. Mayaṃ atithīnaṃ odanaṃ pacimha.


Answer 19

we / [for] guests / rice / cooked


We cooked rice for the guests.

Question 20

20. Kapayo maṃ āhāraṃ yāciṃsu.


Answer 20

monkeys / me / food / begged


The monkeys begged me for food.