Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 15
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38LESSON 4
READING AND WRITING TAMIL VOWELS
4.1 The First Two Tamil Vowels :
a
a@ , aa
A
Aa
THE VOWEL SIGN :
h
~
a@ , aa
or
a@ , aa
Aa
Aa
1. The First Tamil Vowel : அ ( a A ) :
i. Tamil அ a A is written in the strokes of 1, 2, 3 and 4 as shown with the numbered arrows below.
ii. Notice the striking similarity between Tamil அ and Sanskrit A
iii. The Tamil pronouns that begin with letter அ a A denote the quality
of furtherness. e.g. அவ
Avana` avan = m. That (man); இவ
}vana` ivan = m. This (man).
iv. When vowel அ a A is prefixed to a Tamil noun, the initial letter of that noun gets doubled, and
then it imparts furtherness to that noun. e.g. நகர
nagarma` nagaram (City), அ நகர
A²garma`
annagaram (That city); Sanskrit nagarma` nagaram (City), Hindi Sanskrit nagar nagar (City)
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