Lesson VIII
A. Nouns ending in " ii "
				Muni, m. sage
			SINGULAR		PLURAL
Nom., Voc.		muni			munii, munayo
Acc.		muni.m			munii, munayo
Instr.		muninaa		muniibhi, muniihi
Abl.		muninaa, munimhaa, 	muniibhi, muniihi
			munismaa
Dat., Gen. 		munino, munissa	muniina.m
Loc.		munimhi, munismi.m	muniisu

				Terminations
			SINGULAR		PLURAL
Nom., Voc.		--			ii, ayo
Acc.		.m			ii, ayo
Instr.		naa			bhi, hi
Abl.		naa, mhaa, smaa		bhi, hi
Dat., Gen. 		no, ssa			na.m
Loc.		mhi, smi.m		su

				A.t.thi, n. bone
			SINGULAR		PLURAL
Nom., Voc.		a.t.thi			a.t.thii, a.t.tiini
Acc.		a.t.thi.m			a.t.thii, a.t.tiini

				Terminations
			SINGULAR		PLURAL
Nom., Voc.		--			ii, ni
Acc.		.m			ii, ni
The rest like masculine, with the exception of the Loc. plural which has two forms - a.t.thisu, a.t.thiisu.
Words :
Adhipati	m. 	chief, master
Aggi	m. 	fire
Asi		m.	sword
Atithi	m.	guest
Gahapati	m.	house-holder
Kapi	m.	monkey
Kavi	m. 	poet
Ma.ni	m.	jewel
Narapati	m.	King
„aati	m.	relative
Pati	m.	husband, lord
Viihi	m.	paddy
Indeclinable Past Participles*
These are generally formed by adding the suffix " tva " to the root. If the ending of the root is " a ", it is often changed into " i  ". Sometimes " tvaana " and " tuuna " are also added to the roots.
Examples :-
paca 	+ tvaa 	= pacitvaa,	having cooked
khipa 	+ tvaa 	= khipitvaa, 	having thrown
su 		+ tvaa 	= sutvaa, 	having heard; also sutvaana, sotuuna
kara** 	+ tvaa 	= katvaa, 	having done; also katvaana, kaatuuna
* See note and the table in lesson VII - B 
** In this case the final " ra " is dropped.
Illustrations :
1. nisiiditvaa		bhu-ji
    having sat	he ate,		or he sat and ate
2. Buddha.m	vanditvaa 	dhamma.m 	sotu.m 	   agamii
    the Buddha 	having saluted 	the Doctrine   	to hear    he went
or- He saluted the Buddha and went to hear the Doctrine.

3. He stood 	and 	spoke
   So .thatvaa 		vadi
4. After playing he went to bathe
    So kii.litvaa nahaayitu.m agami
Exercise viii
A
1. Muni narapati.m Dhammena sa~nga.nhitvaa agami.
2. Kapayo rukkha.m aaruhitvaa phalaani khaadi.msu.
3. Kadaa tumhe kavimhaa potthakaani alabhittha?
4. Aha.m tesa.m aaraame adhipati ahosi.m.
5. Maya.m gahapatiihi saddhi.m ga~ngaaya udaka.m aaharitvaa aggimhi khipimhaa.
6. Narapati hatthena asi.m gahetvaa assa.m aaruhi.
7. Tva.m tuyha.m pati.m aadarena sa~nga.nho.
8. Gahapatayo narapatino purato .thatvaa vadi.msu.
9. Atithii amhaaka.m ghara.m aagantvaa aahaara.m bhu-ji.msu.
10. Saku.naa khettesu viihi.m disvaa khaadi.msu.
11. Narapati gahapatimhaa ma.ni.m labhitvaa kavino adaasi.
12. Adhipati atithiihi saddhi.m aahaara.m bhu-jitvaa muni.m passitu.m agaami.
13. Aha.m mayha.m -aatino ghare cira.m vasi.m.
14. Sunakhaa a.t.thiihi gahetvaa magge dhaavi.msu.
15. Dhamma.m sutvaa gahapatiina.m Buddhe saddha.m uppajji.


B
1. The father of the sage was a king.
2. O house-holders, why did you not advise your children to go to school?
3. We saw the king and came.
4. I went and spoke to the poet.
5. The chief of the temple sat on a chair and preached the Doctrine to the householders.
6. Only yesterday I wrote a letter and sent to my master.
7. The poet compiled a book and gave to the king.
8. Our relatives lived in the guest's house for a long time and left only (this) morning.
9. The householders bought paddy from the farmers and sowed in their fields.
10. We sat on the benches and listened to the advice of the sage.
11. The king built a temple and offered to the sage.
12. After partaking* my morning meal with the guests I went to see my relatives.
13. I bought fruits from the market and gave to the monkey.
14. Why did you stand in front of the fire and play with the monkey?
15. Faith arose in the king after hearing the Doctrine from the sage.

*Use "bhu-jitvaa"