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Pronunciation |
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Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -a
Nominative case, singular and plural
Present, third, singular and plural verbs |
| 02 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -a, continued
Accusative case, singular and plural |
| 03 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -a, continued
Instrumental case, singular and plural |
| 04 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -a, continued
Ablative case, singular and plural |
| 05 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -a, continued
Dative case, singular and plural |
| 06 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -a, continued
Genitive case, singular and plural |
| 07 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -a, continued
Locative case, singular and plural |
| 08 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -a, continued
Vocative case, singular and plural
Declension of neuter nouns ending in -a |
| 09 |
The Gerund /
Absolutive |
| 10 |
The Infinitive
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| 11 |
The present
participle, masculine and neuter genders |
| 12 |
Conjugation of
Verbs - Present Tense, Active |
| 13 |
Conjugation of
Verbs - Present Tense, Active Voice, continued |
| 14 |
The Further Tense
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| 15 |
The Optative /
Potential Mood |
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The Imperative
Mood |
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The Past Tense
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| 18 |
Declension of
feminine nouns ending in -ā |
| 19 |
The Past
Participle |
| 20 |
Declension of
feminine nouns ending in -i and ī |
| 21 |
The Present
Participle, feminine gender |
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The Future
Passive Participle |
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The Causative
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| 24 |
Declension of
feminine nouns ending in -u |
| 25 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -i |
| 26 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -ī |
| 27 |
Declension of
masculine nouns ending in -u and -ū |
| 28 |
Declension of
agent nouns and nouns indicating relationships |
| 29 |
Declension of
neuter nouns ending in -i and -u |
| 30 |
Declension of
adjectives ending in -vantu and -mantu |
| 31 |
Declension of
personal pronouns |
| 32 |
Declension of
personal pronouns, relative, demonstrative and interrogative
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| 33 |
List
of Pāli Verbs
Pāli Vocabulary (other than verbs)
Glossary |
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PĀLI PRIMER
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa.
Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, The Fully
Self-enlightened One.
PRONUNCIATION
1) The Alphabet:
Pāli is not known to have a special script of its own. In countries
where Pāli is studied, the scripts used in those countries are used to
write Pāli: in India the Nāgarī, in Sri Lanka the Sinhalese, in Burma the
Burmese and in Thailand the Kamboja script. The Pali Text Society, London,
uses the Roman script and now it has gained international currency.
The Pāli alphabet consists of 41 letters - 8 vowels and 33 consonants.
Vowels: a, ā, i, ī, u, ū, e, o
Consonants:
Gutturals: k, kh, g, gh, ṅ
Palatals: c, ch, j, jh, ñ
Cerebrals: ṭ, ṭh, ḍ, ḍh, ṇ
Dentals: t, th, d, dh, n
Labials: p, ph, b, bh, m
Miscellaneous: y, r, l, v, s, h, ḷ, ṃ
The vowels a, i, u are short; ā, ī, ū are long; e, o are of middle
length.
They are pronounced short before double consonants, e.g. mettā, khetta,
koṭṭha, sotthi; and
Long before single consonants, e.g. deva, senā, loka, odana.
2) Pronunciation
a is pronounced like u in cut
ā is pronounced like a in father
i is pronounced like i in mill
ī is pronounced like ee in bee
u is pronounced like u in put
ū is pronounced like oo in cool
k is pronounced like k in kite
g is pronounced like g in good
ṅ is pronounced like ng in singer
c is pronounced like ch in church
j is pronounced like j in jam
ñ is pronounced like gn in signor
ṭ is pronounced like t in hat
ḍ is pronounced like d in good
ṇ is pronounced like n in now
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