Lesson III
A.  Declension of Nouns ending in " a "
(contd)

					nara 
			SINGULAR			PLURAL
Ablative		naraa, naramhaa, narasmaa	narebhi, narehi
			from a man			from men
Genitive		narassa				naraana.m
			of a man			of men

				Terminations
			SINGULAR		PLURAL
Ablative		aa, mhaa, smaa		ebhi, ehi
Genitive		ssa			na.m
Masculine Substantives :
(cariya 		teacher
Amba 		mango
(pa.na 		shop, market
(raama 		temple, garden, park
Assa 		horse
Maatula		uncle
Ovaada 		advice,  exhortation
Pabbata 		rock, mountain
Pa.n.naakaara 		reward, gift
Rukkha 		tree
Sissa		pupil
Ta.laaka 		pond, pool, lake
B. Conjugation of Verbs
PRESENT TENSE - ACTIVE VOICE
(contd.)

				1st person terminations
			SINGULAR		PLURAL
			mi*			ma*

SING. 	Aha.m pacaami 		I cook, I am cooking. 
PLU. 	Maya.m pacaama 	We cook, we are cooking. 
* The vowel preceding " mi " and " ma " is always lengthened. 
Verbs :
Ga.nhaati* (gaha)		 	takes, receives, seizes
  Sa~nga.nhaati (gaha with sa.m) 	Treats, compiles
  Ugga.nhaati (gaha with u) 		learns 
Ki.naati (ki) 				buys
  Vikki.naati (ki with vi) 		sells 
Nikkhamati (kamu with ni) 	departs, goes away 
Patati (pata) 			falls 
Ruhati (ruha) 			grows 
  (ruhati (ruha with aa) 		ascends, climbs 
  Oruhati (ruha with ava**)	descends 
Sunaati (su)				hears

* Plural - ga.nhanti. So are sa~nga.nhanti, ugga.nhanti, ki.nanti and su.nanti.
** " Ava " is often changed into " o "
Illustrations :
1. ambaa rukkhasmaa (abl. s.)	patanti
    mangoes from the tree 		fall
2. rukkhehi (abl. pl.)	pataama
    from trees 		we fall
3. aapa.nehi (abl. pl.)	ki.naami
    from the markets 	I buy
4. aapa.naa (abl. s.) 		aapa.na.m (acc. s.)
    from market 		to market
5. maatulassa (gen. s.) 	aaraamo
    Uncle's 			garden
6. (cariyaana.m (gen. pl.) 	sissaa
    of the teachers 		pupils
Exercise iii
A
1. Aha.m aacariyasmaa Dhamma.m  su.naami.
2. Aha.m maatulasmaa pa.n.naakaara.m ga.nhaami.
3. Aha.m assasmaa pataami.
4. Aha.m maatulassa aaraamasmaa nikkhamaami.
5. Aha.m aapa.nasmaa ambe ki.naami.
6. Maya.m pabbatasmaa oruhaama.
7. Maya.m aacariyehi ugga.nhaama.
8. Mayam aacariyassa ovaada.m labhaama.
9. Maya.m aacariyaana.m putte sa.nganhaama.
10. Mayam assaana.m aahaara.m aapa.nehi ki.naama.
11. Sissaa sama.naana.m aaraamehi nikkhamanti.
12. aacariyo maatulassa assa.m aaruhati.
13. Maya.m rathehi gaamaa gaama.m gacchaama.
14. Tumhe aacariyehi pa.n.naakaare ga.nhaatha.
15. Naraa sissaana.m daasaana.m ambe vikki.nanti.
16. Maya.m sama.naana.m ovaada.m su.naama.
17. Rukkhaa pabbatasmaa patanti.
18. Aha.m su.nakhehi ta.laaka.m oruhaami.
19. Maya.m aaraamasmaa aaraama.m gacchaama.
20. Puttaa aadarena janakaana.m ovaada.m ga.nhanti.


B
1. I receive a gift from the teacher.
2. I depart from the shop.
3. I treat the uncle's teacher.
4. I take the advice of the teachers.
5. I am descending from the mountain.
6. We buy mangoes from the markets.
7. We hear the doctrine of the Buddha from the teacher.
8. We are coming out of the pond.
9. We are mounting the uncle's horse.
10. We fall from the mountain.
11. We treat the father's pupil with affection.
12. Pupils get gifts from the teachers.
13. You are selling a horse to the father's physician.
14. We go from mountain to mountain with the horses.
15. Teachers give advice to the fathers of the pupils.
16. We are learning from the ascetics.