Lesson 13 - Translate into Pāli

Question 1

Having picked fruits from the trees you send (them) to the market.

Answer 1

Tvaṃ rukkhehi phalāni ocinitvā āpaṇaṃ pesesi.

Question 2

Having heard the Buddha preach the doctrine I become
glad.

Answer 2

Dhammaṃ desentaṃ Buddhaṃ sutvā ahaṃ pasīdāmi.

Question 3

Thinking of collecting corn I go to the field with the farmer.

Answer 3

Dhaññaṃ saṃharituṃ cintento ahaṃ kassakena saddhiṃ
khettaṃ gacchāmi.

Question 4

Singing songs you (pl.) look at the birds flying in the sky.

Answer 4

Gītāni gāyantā tumhe ākāse uḍḍente sakuṇe oloketha.

Question 5

I advise the wicked man who oppresses the farmers in the village.

Answer 5

Gāmasmiṃ kassake pīḷentaṃ asappurisaṃ ahaṃ ovadāmi.

Question 6

We dig pits to plant trees in the park.

Answer 6

Mayaṃ uyyāne rukkhe ropetuṃ āvāṭe khaṇāma.

Question 7

We know the man who is lighting lamps in the monastery.

Answer 7

Mayaṃ vihārasmiṃ dīpe jālentaṃ manussaṃ jānāma.

Question 8

We begin to learn the dhamma from recluses living in the village.

Answer 8

Mayaṃ gāme vasantehi samaṇehi dhammaṃ uggaṇhituṃ ārabhāma.

Question 9

You (pl.) cross the sea with sailors to reach the island.

Answer 9

Nāvikehi saddhiṃ dīpaṃ pāpuṇituṃ tumhe samuddaṃ
taratha.

Question 10

The king governing the island wins.

Answer 10

Dīpaṃ pālento bhūpālo jināti.

Question 11

Searching for the truth the wise man goes from city to
city.

Answer 11

Saccaṃ pariyesanto paṇḍito nagaramhā nagaraṃ gacchati.

Question 12

Avoiding the sleeping dog with his foot the child runs
home.

Answer 12

Sayantaṃ soṇaṃ pādena parivajjetvā kumāro gehaṃ
dhāvati.

Question 13

Wishing to be born in heaven wise men fear to do evil.

Answer 13

Sagge uppajjituṃ ākaªkhamānā paṇḍitā pāpaṃ kātuṃ
bhāyanti.

Question 14

Departing from the human world wicked men are born in hell (narake).

Answer 14

Manussalokamhā cavitvā asappurisā narake uppajjanti.

Question 15

Having invited the hermit from the mountain the king
gives him a robe.

Answer 15

Pabbatamhā tāpasaṃ nimantetvā bhūpālo cīvaraṃ dadāti.

Question 16

Trying to understand the truth lay devotees become recluses.

Answer 16

Saccaṃ uggaṇhituṃ ussahantā upāsakā samaṇā bhavanti.

Question 17

Expecting to hear the monk preaching the dhamma lay
devotees assemble in the monastery.

Answer 17

Dhammaṃ desentaṃ samaṇaṃ sotuṃ ākaªkhamānā upāsakā vihāre sannipatanti.

Question 18

We see with our eyes, hear with our ears (sotehi), touch
with our bodies.

Answer 18

Mayaṃ nayanehi passāma, sotehi suṇāma, kāyehi phusāma.

Question 19

I am the king governing the islands.

Answer 19

Ahaṃ dīpe pālento bhūpalo homi/bhavāmi.

Question 20

You (pl.) are wicked men who take counsel with thieves.

Answer 20

Tumhe corehi mantentā asappurisā hotha/bhavatha.

Question 21

Good men begin to plant trees to protect the world.

Answer 21

Sappurisā lokaṃ ārakkhituṃ rukkhe ropetuṃ ārabhanti.

Question 22

Having heard the dhamma, the thief wishes to avoid evil.

Answer 22

Dhammaṃ sutvā coro pāpaṃ parivajjituṃ icchati.

Question 23

Merchants keep clothes in shops to sell (them) to farmers coming from the villages.

Answer 23

Gāmehi āgacchantānaṃ kassakānaṃ vikkiṇituṃ vāṇijā
āpaṇesu vatthāni ṭhapenti.

Question 24

The sick man (gil±na) is a messenger of the gods in the
human world.

Answer 24

Manussaloke gilāno devānaṃ dūto hoti.

Question 25

There are good men in the world who admonish wicked men.

Answer 25

Asappurise anusāsentā sappurisā loke vasanti.

Question 26

Having picked lotuses from the water, the doctor goes to the monastery to listen to the dhamma.

Answer 26

Vejjo udakamhā padumāni ocinitvā dhammaṃ sotuṃ vihāraṃ gacchati.

Question 27

Seeing the Buddha and being pleased the thief throws away the arrows.

Answer 27

Coro Buddhaṃ passitvā pasīditvā sare nikkhipati.

Question 28

Wishing to avoid evil I practise virtue.

Answer 28

Akusalaṃ parivajjituṃ icchanto ahaṃ sīlaṃ rakkhāmi.

Question 29

We cook rice to give alms to the monks coming from the monastery.

Answer 29

Mayaṃ vihāramhā āgacchantānaṃ samaṇānaṃ dānaṃ dātuṃ odanaṃ pacāma.

Question 30

You (pl.) go from island to island searching for gold with merchants.

Answer 30

Tumhe vāṇijehi saddhiṃ suvaṇṇaṃ pariyesamānā dīpamhā dīpaṃ gacchatha.