Making Sentences - i

How to make a sentence.

                           Subject + Verb

Subjective Forms of Nouns
Paṭhamā Vibhatti
Nāma	Ekavacana	bahuvacana
Purisa- man	Puriso	Purisā
Buddha- buddha	Buddho	Buddhā
Saṅgha- bhikkhu	Saṅgho	Saṅghā
Manussa- human being	Manusso	Manussā
Putta- son	Putto	Puttā
Kumāra- boy	Kumāro	Kumārā
Vāṇija- merchant	Vāṇijo	Vāṇijā
Cora- thief	Coro	Corā
Mitta- friend	…………….	………………
Dāsa- slave	……………….	……………….

Verbs

Gacchati- goes            Tiṭṭati- stands             Nisīdati- sits                Kīḷati- plays

Sayati- sleeps             Carati- walks               Dhāvati- runs              Passati- sees

Bhuñjati- eats             Bhāsati- says               Vasati- lives                Hasati- laughs

Declension Of Nouns

Nouns in Pali are differently declined according to their gender and termination.

 

e.g. - Nara- is a masculine stem, ending in - a

	Vibhatti (case)	Ekavacana (singular)	Bahuvacana (plural)
1	Paṭhamā- (Nominative)	Naro- (man)	Narā- (men)
2	Ālapana- (Vocative)	Nara, Narā- (O man)	Narā- (O men)
3	Dutiyā- (Accusative)	Naraṃ- (man)	Nare- (men)
4	Tatiyā- (Ablative of agent)	Narena- (By,with, through man)	Narebhi, Narehi- (by,with, through men)
5	Karaṇa- (Ablative of Instrument)	Narena- (By,with, through man)	Narebhi, Narehi- (by,with, through men)
6	Catutthī- (Dative)	Narāya, Narassa-(To, for man)	Narānaṃ- (To, for men)
7	Pañcamī- (Ablative of Separation)	Narā, Naramhā, Narasmā-(from man)	Narebhi, Narehi-(from men)
8	Chaṭṭhī- (Genitive)	Narassa- (of man)	Narānaṃ-(of men)
9	Sattamī- (Locative)	Nare, Naramhi, Narasmiṃ- (On,in man)	Naresu-  (on,in men)