"I am" in Pali?

[Individual]

Looking over Ven. Narada's Pali course again, he doesn't mention how to translate statements relating to "you" as subject or "I" as subject. I assume that the Pali language has such a case.

http://orunla.org/tm/pali/htpali/lesson1.txt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

SING.
So pacati* he cooks, he is cooking
Saa pacati she cooks, she is cooking

PLU.
Te pacanti, they cook, they are cooking

How would you say:
"I am cooking"
"You are cooking"

etc.

To maybe avoid a lot of questions in the future, is there any website which lists all the various grammatical cases of Pali? Wikipedia is a good resource, but not complete (nothing about past or future tenses, for instance).

[Kare]

Looking over Ven. Narada's Pali course again, he doesn't mention how to translate statements relating to "you" as subject or "I" as subject. I assume that the Pali language has such a case.

http://orunla.org/tm/pali/htpali/lesson1.txt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

SING.
So pacati* he cooks, he is cooking
Saa pacati she cooks, she is cooking

PLU.
Te pacanti, they cook, they are cooking

How would you say:
"I am cooking"

pacaami

"You are cooking"

pacasi

To maybe avoid a lot of questions in the future, is there any website which lists all the various grammatical cases of Pali? Wikipedia is a good resource, but not complete (nothing about past or future tenses, for instance).

Here you will find lots of resources for Pali studies: http://www.pali.pratyeka.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

de Silva's book is good for beginners. Duroiselles grammar is comprehensive and fine for looking up questions like the one you posed here.

[Dhammanando]

Hi Individual,

How would you say:
"I am cooking"
"You are cooking"

In Pali the English simple present ("I cook"), the continuous present ("I am cooking"), and the emphatic present ("I do cook") would all be conveyed by the single form ahaṃ pacāmi.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu

[phil]

To maybe avoid a lot of questions in the future, is there any website which lists all the various grammatical cases of Pali? Wikipedia is a good resource, but not complete (nothing about past or future tenses, for instance).

I find the tables below to be a fantastically concise source for conjugations and declensions.


http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... ali_tables" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

metta,

phil