Lesson VII
Aorist (Ajjatanii) - Active voice
				Terminations
			SINGULAR		PLURAL
3rd 		ii			u.m
2nd		o			ttha
1st 			i.m			mha

				paca, to cook
		SINGULAR
3rd		apacii,		pacii
		apaci,		paci		he cooked
2nd	apaco,		paco		you cooked
1st 		apaci.m,	paci.m		I cooked

		PLURAL
3rd	 	apacu.m,	pacu.m
		apaci.msu, 	paci.msu	they cooked
2nd	apacittha	pacittha	you cooked
1st 		apacimhaa,	pacimhaa	we cooked

				gamu, to go
		SING.			 PLU.
3rd 	agamii, gamii		agamu.m, gamu.m
		agami, gami		agami.msu, gami.msu
2nd	agamo, gamo		agamittha, gamittha
1st 		agami.m, gami.m	agamimhaa, gamimhaa

				su, to hear
		SING.			 PLU.
3rd		asu.nii, su.nii		asu.ni.msu
		asu.ni, su.ni		su.ni.msu
2nd	asu.no, su.no		asu.nittha, su.nittha
1st  	asu.ni.m, su.ni.m		asu.nimhaa, su.nimhaa

In the past tense the augment " a " is optionally used before the root*. The third person " ii " is sometimes shortened, and the third person plural " u.m " is often changed into " i.msu ". The vowel preceding " ttha " and " mhaa " is changed into " i ". The second person " o " is mostly changed into " i ".
Whenever the root or stem ends in a vowel e or aa the s Aorist is used i.e., s is added before the suffix. 
Examples : -
			SINGULAR		PLURAL
			si			su.m, .msu
			si			sittha
			si.m			simhaa

		daa, to give			disa, to preach
SING.	daa + s +  i = adaasi		disa + s + i = desesi
PLU.	daa + .msu = ada.msu		desi.msu

		.thaa, to stand
SING.	.thaa + s + i = a.t.thaasi
PLU.	      + .msu = a.t.tha.msu 

* This " a " should not be mistaken for the negative prefix " a ".
Possessive Pronouns
3rd		m. n. 	tassa, his			m. n.	tesa.m, their
		f.	tassaa, her			f.	taasa.m, their
2nd	m. f. n.	tava, tuyha.m your or thine	m. f. n.	tumhaaka.m, your
1st		m. f. n.	mama, mayha.m, my		m. f. n. amhaaka.m, our
These are the Genitive cases of the Personal Pronouns.
Words : -
Apara.nha	m.	afternoon
Cira.m	indec.	long, for a long time
Eva		indec.	just, quite, even, only (used as an emphatic affirmative)
Hiiyo	indec.	yesterday
Paato	indec.	early in the morning
Paataraasa 	m.	morning meal
Pubba.nha	m.	forenoon
Purato	indec.	in the presence of 
Saayamaasa	m. 	evening meal, dinner
Viya	indec. 	like
Exercise vii
A
1. Buddho loke uppajji.
2. Hiiyo sama.no dhamma.m desesi.
3. Daarako paato'va* tassa paa.thasaala.m agamii.
4. Acariyaa tesa.m sissaana.m pubba.nhe ovaada.m ada.msu.
5. Cira.m te amhaaka.m ghara.m na agami.msu.
6. Daarikaa taasa.m janakassa purato a.t.tha.msu.
7. Tva.m tassaa hatthe mayha.m pottaka.m passo.
8. Tva.m ga~ngaaya.m nahaayitu.m paato'va agamo.
9. Tva.m ajja paataraasa.m na bhu-jo.
10. Kuhi.m tumhe tumhaaka.m mittehi saddhi.m apara.nhe agamittha?
11. Kasmaa tumhe'yeva** mama aacariyassa lekhanaani na likhittha?
12. Tumhe cira.m mayha.m putte na passittha.
13. Aha.m tuyha.m pa.n.naakaare hiiyo na alabhi.m.
14. Aham'eva*** gilaanaana.m ajja osadha.m adaasi.m.
15. Aha.m asse passitu.m visikhaaya.m a.t.taasi.m.
16. Maya.m tuyha.m aacariyassa sissaa ahosimhaa.
17. Maya.m ajja pubba.nhe na ugga.nhimhaa.
18. Sama.naa viya mayam'pi **** saddhaaya dhamma.m su.nimhaa.

* Paato + eva = paato'va.  Here the following vowel is dropped.
** Tumhe + eva = Tumhe yeva.  Sometimes " y " is augmented between vowels.
*** Aha.m + eva = aham'eva.  When a niggahita is followed by a vowel it is sometimes changed into "m".
**** Maya.m + api = mayam'pi. Here the following vowel is dropped and niggahita is changed into "m"


B
1. I slept on my bed.
2. I stood in their garden in the evening.
3. I sat on a bench in the hall to write a letter to his friend.
4. We bathed in the river in the early morning.*
5. We ourselves** treated the sick yesterday.
6. For a long time we lived in our uncle's house in the city.
7. Child, why did you stand in front of your teacher?
8. Wife, you cooked rice in the morning.
9. Son, where did you go yesterday?
10. You obtained wisdom through your teachers.
11. Why did you not hear the Doctrine like your father?
12. Where did you take your dinner yesterday?
13. She was standing in her garden for a long time.
14. He himself*** washed the feet of his father.
15. For a long time my friend did not buy goods from his shop.
16. The doctors did not come to the hospital in the afternoon.
17. The boys and girls did not bring their books to school yesterday.
18. I myself gave medicine to the sick last**** morning.

* Use Paato'va.
** Use mayam'eva
*** Use so eva
**** Use hiiyo.