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Grammar Lessons & Tutorial Guide
Annotated Translations (short quotes)
Annotated Translations (longer texts)
Colloquial Pali Lessons
Word explanations



Grammar
(Note: the following lessons are transcribed from Ven.Narada's grammar and not completey edited, The Tutorial Guides were written by Prof. Dhammavihari, Sri Lanka.)

Lesson I A. Decl. of Nouns ending in " a " - Nom. & Acc. Cases B. Conj. of Verbs - Pres. Tense. Act. Voice, 3rd person
- Tutorial Guide I

Lesson II A. Decl. of Nouns ending in " a " - Instr. & Dat. Cases B. Conj. of Verbs- Pres. Tense. Act. Voice, 2nd person
- Tutorial Guide II

Lesson III A. Decl. of Nouns ending in " a " - Abl. &. Gen. Cases B. Conj. of Verbs- Pres. Tense. Act. Voice, 1st person
- Tutorial Guide III

Lesson IV A. Decl. of Nouns ending in " a " - Loc. & Voc. Cases B. Full Conj. of Verbs- Pres. Tense Act. Voice
- Tutorial Guide IV

Lesson V Full Decl. of Nouns ending in " a "
- Tutorial Guide V

Lesson VI A. Nouns ending in " Œ " B. Infinitive
- Tutorial Guide VI

Lesson VII Aorist (Ajjatan´) Act. Voice Possessive Pronouns
- Tutorial Guide VII

Lesson VIII A. Nouns ending in " ii " B. Indeclinable Past Participles
- Tutorial Guide VIII

Lesson IX A. Feminine Nouns ending in " i " B. Future Tense (Bhavissanti)
- Tutorial Guide IX

Lesson X A. Nouns ending in " ´ " B. The Formation of Feminines
- Tutorial Guide X

Lesson XI A. Decl. of Nouns ending in " u " & " è " B. Verbs- Imperative & Benedictive Mood (Pa–cam´)
- Tutorial Guide XI

Lesson XII A. Personal Pronouns B. Conditional Mood (Sattam´)

Lesson XIII Relative Pronouns The Interrogative Pronoun

Lesson XIV Participles
- Tutorial Guide XIV & XV

Lesson XV A. Demonstrative Pronouns B. Adjectives


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Lesson XVI Numerals Ordinals

Lesson XVII A. Some Irregular Nouns ending in " a " B. Conjugations

Lesson XVIII A. Declension of " Satthu " B. Causal Forms (KŒrita)

Lesson XIX A. Decl. of " go " B. Perfect Tense (H´yattan´)v

Lesson XX Compounds (SamŒsa)

Lesson XXI Indeclinables (Avyaya)

Lesson XXII Taddhita- Nominal Derivatives

Lesson XXIII Kitaka- Verbal Derivatives

Lesson XXIV Rules of Sandhi (Combinations)

Lesson XXV Uses of the Cases

Lesson XXVI Passive Voice


Guide to Exercises


Annotated Translations (short quotes)

The first verse of the Dhammapada

Na hi verena veraani (Dhammapada -Yamaka 5)....


Annotated Translations (longer texts)

Story of Buddheni

Story of the Giver of Water

A Pauper's Charity

Story of Sumanaa Devi

Various selections from the Dhammapada


Colloquial Pali

Glossary of Colloquial Pali Terms

Dialogue 1

Dialogue 2


Word Explanations

rupa

pa.ticca (1)

pa.ticca (2)