Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 29
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382. Making Verbal Nouns or Infinitives from Verbs
i. Many Hindi teachers, grammarians, authors and thus the students, have a general misunderstanding
that p&na@ (paInaa to drink), kha@ n a (Saanaa to eat), a@ n a@ (Aanaa to come), ja@ n a@ (jaanaa to go)... are verbs.
They are not verbs. They are Infinitives or verbal nouns. In these infinitives or verbal nouns,
only the p&, kha@ , a@ , ja@ ...etc. paI, Saa, Aa, jaa are verbs (or verb-stems), and na@ (naa) is infinitive (or
noun) forming suffix. Tamil grammarians are clear about verbs and the infinitive mood, as Sanskrit.
ii. In Tamil, an infinitive (or verbal noun) is formed by adding அ a A or க kk Kk to the verb roots.
(a) அ a A is added to the Type 1 verbs that form Present tense with suffix கி
kiru ikw, and (b)
க kk Kk is added to the Type 2 verbs that form Present tense with suffix
கி
kkiru iKkw
(See Tables 12, 14 and 17 Tense Suffixes). e.g.
un< qNa` ; Tense suffix கி
(a) Type 1 verb Eat : Verb Eat (Hindi Saa) Tamil உ
kiru ikw, (First
un< i kiren qNa` i kre n a` ) . Therefore, Verb உ
un<
Person Singular Present tense will be உ
கிேற
ண* un< n < qNNa = To Eat (Saanaa) or Eating (Saanaa).
qNa` + Infinitive type 1 suffix அ a A = உ
Similarly verb Say எ
en ]na` will be எ
ன* enna ]² To Say or Saying.
* REMEMBER THE IMPORTANT RULE : If a word ending in mute (half) consonant is joined (sa> i Za)
with a word starting with a vowel, the mute consonant doubles. e.g. Verb ending in short consonant
un< qNa` + vowel அ a A = உ
n< Na s doubled
ண n< n NNa.
உ
ண, the short consonant
(b) Type 2 verb Read/Learn : Verb Read (Hindi pa$[ ) Tamil ப
கி
padi paiD ; Tense suffix
kkiru
iKkw, (Present tense ப
கிேற
padikkiren paiDiKkre n a` ) . Thus, Verb ப
padi paiD + Infinitive
க kka Kk = ப
க padikka paiDKk = To Read (pa$[ n aa) or Reading (pa$[ n aa).
type 2 suffix
TABLE 22 : INFINITIVES or VERBAL NOUNS
Type Verb Type1/Type2
Present Tense
Iifinitive / V. Noun
1
Become ஆ Aa a@ (hae )
Aaikre n a` a@ k iren (maE > hae t aa hU { )
ஆ Aa a@ ( hona@ hae n aa)
ஆகிேற
2
paDE i kre n a` pad< a ikkiren பைட க paDE K k pad< a ikka
Create பைட
பைட கிேற
padaipaDE
1
Get அைட ADE ad< a i
ADE i kre n a` ad< a ikiren
அைடய ADE y a ad< a iya
அைடகிேற
2
Walk நட naD nad< (Aa) நட கிேற
naDiKkre n a` nad< k kiren
நட க naDKk nad< a kka
1
Come வா vaa va@
vaawikre n a` va@ r ukiren
வா vaa va@ ( a@ n a@ Aanaa)
வா
கிேற
2
Love ேநசி nae i sa nesi
ேநசி கிேற
ேநசி க nae i saKk nesikka
nae i saiKkre n a` nesikkiren
1
sae y a` sey (kr) ெச கிேற
sae y a` i kre n a` seykiren
ெசய sae y a seya (
Do ெச
krnaa)
karna@
2
kÖ i D kud> i
kÖ i DiKkre n a` kud< i kkiren
க kÖ i DKk kud< i kka
கிேற
Drink
3. Negative Expressions
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