Sentence Practice 8

Question 1

1. I sold my gems to a merchant.


Answer 1

ahaṃ / vikkiṇiṃ / mama / maṇayo / vāṇijāya


Ahaṃ vāṇijāya mama maṇayo vikkiṇiṃ.

Question 2

2. We gave our oxen to the slaves.


Answer 2

mayaṃ / adadimha / amhaṃ / goṇe / dāsānaṃ

Mayaṃ dāsānaṃ amhaṃ goṇe adadimha.

Question 3

3. You bought a sword from me.


Answer 3

tvaṃ / kiṇo / asiṃ / mayā


Tvaṃ mayā asiṃ kiṇo.

Question 4

4. (You) don’t beat monkeys with your hands.


Answer 4

tumhe / na paharasi / kapayo / tumhebhi / pānībhi


Tumhe tumhebhi pānībhi kapayo na paharasi.

Question 5

5. The leader brought a lion from the mountain.


Answer 5

adhipati / āhari / sīhaṃ / girimhā


Adhipati girimhā svhaṃ āhari.

Question 6

6. The monk preached the doctrine to you.


Answer 6

muni / desesi / dhammaṃ / tava


Muni tava dhammaṃdesesi.

Question 7

7. We gave food to the serpents.


Answer 7

mayaṃ / dadimha / āhvraṃ / ahønaṃ


Mayaṃ ahīnaṃ āhāraṃ dadimha.

Question 8

8. The slaves of the householder carried our paddy.


Answer 8

dāsā / gahapatino / hariṃsu / amhaṃ / vīhiṃ


Gahapatino dāsā amhaṃ vīhiṃ hariṃsu.

Question 9

9. You did not go to the sea.

Answer 9


tvaṃ / na / gaccho / udadhiṃ


Tvaṃ udadhiṃ na gaccho.

Question 10

10. There are no gems in my fist.


Answer 10

natthi / maṇayo / mayi / mu¥¥himhi


Mayi mu¥¥himhi maṇayo natthi.

Question 11

11. The poet’s son struck the dog with a stick.


Answer 11

kavino / putto / pahari / sunakhaṃ / ya¥¥hinā
Kavino putto ya¥¥hinā sunakhaṃ pahari.

Question 12

12. Our sons learnt from the sage.


Answer 12

amhaṃ / puttā / uggaṇhiṃsu / isinā


Amhaṃ puttā isinā uggaṇhiṃsu.

Question 13

13. Your monkey fell down from a tree.


Answer 13

tava / kapi / pātesi / rukkhamhæ


Tava kapi rukkhamhā pātesi.

Question 14

14. My dog went with me to the house.


Answer 14

mama / sunakho / gacchi / mayā / gehaṃ

Mama sunakho gehaṃ mayā gacchi.

Question 15

15. A serpent bit my son’s hand.


Answer 15

ahi / ðasi / mama / puttassa / hatthaṃ


Ahi mama puttassa hatthaṃ ðasi.

Question 16

16. The leopard killed a bull on the road.

Answer 16


dīpi / māresi / goṇaṃ / magge


Dīpi magge goṇaṃ māresi.

Question 17

17. My friends looked at the lions.

Answer 17


mama / mittā / olokesuṃ / svhe


Mama mittā sīhe olokesuṃ.

Question 18

18. We did not see the king’s sword.


Answer 18

mayaṃ / na / passimha / bhūpatino / asiṃ

Mayaṃ bhūpatino asiṃ na passimha.

Question 19

19. I did not go to the deer.

Answer 19


tvaṃ / kiṇāsi / mayūraṃ / kavinā

Tvaṃ kavinā mayūraṃ kiṇāsi.

Question 20

20. Thou buyest a peacock from the poet.


Answer 20

tvaṃ / kiṇāsi / mayūraṃ / kavinv

Tvaṃ kavinv mayūraṃ kiṇāsi.