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# Partial answer key for Warder

Here are some of the answers to the exercises in the early chapters of Warder's Introduction to Pali (1984 edition). I can't promise that these answers are right; they're just my answers. Use at your own risk.

I've used the same convention for diacritics that's in widespread use on the Internet. To wit: Long vowels are doubled (e.g., the Buddha's chief attendant is spelled "Aananda"); otherwise the diacritic mark precedes the letter it affects. Thus, "t-with-a-dot-under-it" (cerebral "t") is written as ".t"; "n-with-a-tilde-over-it" (palatal"n") is written as "~n"; and so on.

- Exercise 1 (p. 15)
- Exercise 2 (pp. 19-20)
- Exercise 3 (p. 22)
- Exercise 4 (p. 27)

### Exercise 1 (p. 15)

#### Pali into English

> The "thus-gone" speaks
> The lay disciple asks
> The person speaks thus
> The god is a non-human
> I speak thus
> The warrior goes away

> The minister sits down
> The ascetic is the "thus-gone"
> The son (who is) the lay disciple sees
> The priest approaches
> The human lives
> They speak thus

#### English into Pali

> puriso vadati
> samano tathaagato hoti
> braahma.no pakkamati
> devo eva.m vadati
> samayo hoti
> putto nisiidati

> mahaamatta braahmano hoti
> khattiyo upasa.mkamati
> devo cavati
> eva.m vadasi
> eva.m vadatha
> eva.m vadaama

### Exercise 2 (pp. 19-20)

#### Pali into English

> The "well-gone" speaks Dhamma
> The lay disciple brings the bowl
> The humans wish for good fortune
> We go to the village
> The ascetic comes
> The Tathaagata is (the) "well-gone"

> The priest asks the people
> The gods fall (from their realm)
> They speak the statement
> The sons go forth
> The being stands
> They ask the ascetics the meaning

#### English into Pali

> mahaamatta.m gacchanti
> purisaa mahaamatte passanti
> devo amanusso tathaagata.m upasamkamati

> (p. 20)
> sama.na.m dhamma.m pucchasi
> sama.na.m sugata.m pucchaama
> tathaagato pamaada.m pajjahati
> upasikaa gaama.m pavisanti
> sama.naa jhaayanti
> kaayo titthati
> agga.m phusati
> sama.na.m attha.m pucchaama
> pinda.m dadaati OR pinda.m deti

### Exercise 3 (p. 22)

#### Pali into English

> The Blessed One [nom.sing] teaches [3rd sing.pres] the doctrine [acc.sing]

> You deceive [2nd.sing.pres] the king [acc.sing]

> He accepts [3rd.sing.pres] the priest [acc.sing] as a lay follower [acc.sing]

> The king [nom.sing] addresses [3rd.sing.pres] the people [acc.pl]

> The priest [nom.sing] sees [3rd.sing.pres] God (Brahmaa) [acc.sing]

> The king [nom. sing] (who is a) noble [nom.sing] asks [3rd.sing.pres] the minister [acc.sing]

> The priests [nom.pl] speak [3rd.pl.pres] to the king [acc.sing]

> The person [nom.sing] drops [3rd.sing.pres] the load (i.e., his load) [acc.sing]

> Thus [ind] do they relate [3rd.pl.pres]

#### English into Pali

> upaasakaa [nom.pl] bhagavantam [acc.sing] abhivaadenti [3rd.pl.pres]

> hatthe [acc.pl] bandhati [3rd.sing.pres]

> vipaaka.m [acc.sing] pa.tisa.mvedemi [1st.sing.pres]

> raajaa [nom.sing] brahmana.m [acc.sing] aamanteti [3rd.sing.pres]

> braahma.no [nom.sing] mahaamatto [nom.sing] bhagavanta.m [acc.sing]

> eva.m [ind] vadati [3rd.sing.pres]

> bhavo [nom.sing] paccayo [nom.sing] (hoti is optional)

> attha.m [acc.sing] dhaareti [3rd.sing.pres]

> bhagavaa [nom.sing] nivaaseti [3rd.sing.pres]

> devaa [nom.pl] attha.m [acc.sing] mantenti [3rd.pl.pres]

> bhagavaa [nom.sing] raajaana.m [acc.sing] pucchati [3rd.sing.pres]

> vihara.m [acc.sing] pavisati [3rd.sing.pres]

> vaada.m [acc.sing] nibbe.thesi [2nd.sing.pres] OR nibbe.thetha [2nd.pl.pres]

> rajaa [nom.sing] manteti [3rd.sing.pres]

> laabha.m [acc.sing] pajahati [3rd.sing.pres]

### Exercise 4 (p. 27)

#### Pali into English

> The lay-followers sat down.

> At one time there was a king named Disampati.
> There was [i.e., he had] a son, the prince named Re.nu.
> The high priest was a brahman named Govindo.
> There was [i.e., he had] a son, the young priest named Jotipalo.
> The prince Re.nu and the young priest Jotipalo were friends.
> Now Govindo the brahman died.
> King Disampati grieved.

> This is how it was.

#### English into Pali

> braahma.no [nom.sing] pakkaami [3rd.sing.aor]

> Bhagavaa [nom.sing] gama.m [acc.sing] paavisi [3rd.sing.aor]

> Uttaro [nom] naama [ind] putto [nom.sing] ahosi [3rd.sing.aor]

> Bhagavaa [nom.sing] Aananda.m [acc.sing] aamantesi [3rd.sing.aor]

> Dhamma.m [acc.sing] desesi.m [1st.sing.aor]

> khattiyaa [nom.pl] raajaputta.m [acc.sing] upasa.mkami.msu [3rd.pl.aor]

> eva.m [ind] abhaasi.m [1st.sing.aor]

> raajaputto [nom.sing] pabbaji [3rd.sing.aor]

Revised: Thu 17 May 2001