Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 30
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38i. As we have seen earlier, ‘No’ and ‘Not’ is இ
ைல illai }LLaE In Tamil. ‘No’ is an adverb and ‘not’
is an indeclinable negative finite verb. The other words for ‘no’ are அ
ல alla ALLa, அ
anru Anw, இ
inru }nw and some people use இ
ைல illai }LLaE .
ii. The negative of a ‘yes-no’ type of question is replied in three ways using இ
ைல illai }LLaE .
nijam inajama` , உ
ைம un< m ai qNa` m aE ) .
(a) Question : Is it true? (True, truth = நிச
Answer : No இ
ைல illai }LLaE . Negative answer.
(b) Q : Is it true? (Kyaa yah saca hE ? ) A: No, it is not true. இ
ைல, அ
உ
ைம இ
ைல
illai, adu un< m ai illai. }LLaE , Adu qNmaE }LaE . A: Negating what is asked by the speaker.
(c) Q : Is it true? A: No, it is false. இ
ைல, அ
ெபா
illai, adu poy }LLaE Adu paae y a` . (False =
ெபா
poy paae y a` ). Telling what is correct.
Another set of examples : Where the question itself is negative.
(d) Q : Isn’t Vishvanathan a Punjabi? A: No இ
ைல illai }LLaE . Negative answer.
(e) Isn’t Vishvanathan a Punjabi? A: No, he is not a Punjabi. இ
ைல, அவ
ப
சாப
ைல. illai, avan pan~ j a@ b i illai. }LLaE , Avana` pa> j aaiba }LaE . A: Negating what is asked.
இ
(f) Q : Isn’t Vishvanathan a Punjabi? A: No, Vishvana@ t han is Tamilian. இ
ைல,
தமி காரா illai, vishvana@ t han tamil} k a@ r a@ . }LLaE , ivaovanaaYana` taima<[ k ara.
வ
வநாத
iii. In Tamil negative is often expressed in ‘negative forms’ of the verbs. The Universal/Present Habitual
negative verb is formed by simply attaching the required personal suffix (see Table 12) to the verb.
The pronoun suffix shows the person, gender and number of the -ve verb. e.g. +ve I drink # -ve I do
not drink. The three tenses (present, past and future) are formed similarly. (seen chapter 9).
kud< i kÖ i D
TABLE 23 : Negative Verb : e.g. Drink
PRONOUN
Personal Suffix
verb + personal suffix = negative verb
meaning
I
I don’t drink
]â n a` e â n
kÖ i Dyae n a` kudiyen
ஏ
naana` na@ n
ேய
தா
We
Aae m a` om
kÖ i Dyaae m a` kudiyom
We don’t drink
ஒ
naa> g a<` na@ n [ g al<
ேயா
தா க
You
Aaya` a@ y
kÖ i Dyaaya` kudiya@ y
You don’t drink
ஆ
யா
ந naI n&
You
ஈ }| r ` &r
ய kÖ i DyaIr` ` kudiy&r
You don’t drink
ந naIr` n&r
You
You don’t drink
}| g a| < ` &rgal<
kÖ i DyaI> g a<` kudiy&n[ g al<
ஈ க
ய க
naI> g a<` n&n[ g al<
ந க
He
He doesn’t drink
Aana` a@ n
kÖ i Dyaana` kudiya@ n
ஆ
Avana` avan
யா
அவ
She
kÖ i Dyaa<` kudiya@ l <
She doesn’t drink
Aa<` a@ l <
ஆ
Ava<` aval<
யா
அவ
They
Aaga| < ` a@ r gal<
They don’t drink
kÖ i Dyaaga| < ` kudiya@ r gal<
ஆ க
Avaga| < ` avargal<
யா க
அவ க
It
Adu adu
kÖ i Dyaadu kudiya@ d u
It doesn’t drink
அ
யா
Adu adu
அ
3. Prohibitive (-ve) and Polite
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