Lesson 20 - Translate into Pāli

Question 1

There are lotuses and fishes in ponds in the king’s park.

Answer 1

Bhūpālassa uyyāne pokkharaṇīsu padumāni ca macchā ca honti.

Question 2

The queen spoke with her sisters who came having crossed the river by boat.

Answer 2

Rājini nāvāya/doṇiyā nadiṃ taritvā āgatāhi bhaginīhi
saddhiṃ kathesi.

Question 2

The young women picked lotuses from the tank and kept
them on the ground.

Answer 2

Yuvatiyo vāpiyā padumāni ocinitvā bhūmiyaṃ nikkhipiṃsu.

Question 3

I saw the dog chasing the cow in the field.

Answer 3

Ahaṃ khette gāviṃ anubandhantaṃ kukkuraṃ
apassiṃ/passiṃ.

Question 4

Women and girls did not climb trees to pick fruits and
flowers.

Answer 4

Itthiyo ca kaññāyo ca phalāni ca pupphāni ca ocinituṃ
rukkhe na āruhiṃsu.

Question 5

You (pl.) went to the river to bathe and got frightened
hearing the peal of thunder (asanisaddaṃ).

Answer 5

Tumhe nahāyituṃ nadiṃ gantvā asanisaddaṃ sutvā
bhāyittha.

Question 6

You (pl.) do not conceal the evil committed with your
friends.

Answer 6

Mā tumhe mittehi saha kataṃ pāpaṃ chādetha.

Question 7

Send the lotuses wrapped in lotus leaves to the young girls seated in the hall.

Answer 7

Sālāyaṃ nisinnānaṃ tāruṇīnaṃ paduma-paṇṇehi veṭhitāni padumāni pesehi.

Question 8

If you spent money to buy clothes, inform your mother.

Answer 8

Sace tvaṃ vatthāni kiṇituṃ mūlaṃ vissajjeyyāsi ammaṃ
ārocāhi.

Question 9

We can explain the questions asked by the women in the
assembly.

Answer 9

Mayaṃ sabhāyaṃ itthīhi puṭṭhe pañhe vyākātuṃ sakkoma.