Pali Lessons 1 & 2: Verbs, Nouns, and Grammatical Endings

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering Pali verb forms, masculine noun stems, case declension endings, and word definitions from Lessons 1 and 2.

āharati

brings

upasaṃkamati

approaches

gacchati

goes

cavati

‘falls (from one existence)’, i.e. dies

chindati

cuts

jīvati

lives (is alive)

tappati

is satisfied

tasati

trembles

nisīdati

sits

pakkamati

goes away

pacati

cooks

parikilamati

is exhausted

palavati

swims

passati

sees

pucchati

asks

bandhati

binds

bhavati

becomes/is

vadati

says

vasati

lives in/inhabits (a named place)

harati

takes

hoti

is

icchati

wants

tiṭṭhati

stands, remains

dhāvati

runs

pavisati

enters

bhāsati

speaks

labhati

obtains, receives

vaḍḍhati

grows, flourishes

upāsako

lay practitioner

kukkuro

dog

gāmo

village

devo

god

dhammo

teaching, quality, phenomena/constituent of reality, thought

pabbato

mountain

putto

son

biḷāro

cat

bhūpālo

king

buddho

Awakened One, Buddha

loko

world

sigālo

jackal

sīho

lion

samaṇo

recluse

sāvako

disciple

suttanto

discourse/sutta text

— āmi

1st person singular verb ending

— āma

1st person plural verb ending

— si

2nd person singular verb ending

— tha

2nd person plural verb ending

— ti

3rd person singular verb ending

— nti

3rd person plural verb ending

— o

Nominative singular ending

— ā

Nominative plural ending

— aṃ

Accusative singular ending

— e

Accusative plural ending

ca

and, both…and

pi

and, also, even

naro

man

attho

meaning

sarano

refuge

homi

I am

homa

We are

hosi

you are

hotha

you all are

hoti

he/she/it is

honti

they are