Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 36
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38LESSON 12
ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS AND PARTICLES
1. Adjectives and Adverbs
i. An adjective is a word that qualifies or describes a noun.
ii. An adverb is a word that qualifies or describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
iii. Tamil adjectives and adverbs are indeclinable. They do not have Gender or Number. e.g.
ந
ல ைபய
naLLa paE y ana`
1. Good boy
nalla paiyan
nalla paiyan[ g al>
ந
ல ைபய
க
naLLa paE y a> g a<`
2. Good boys
nalla pen<
3. Good girl
ந
ல ெப
naLLa pae N a`
nalla pen< g al>
ந
ல ெப
க
naLLa pae N a` g a<`
4. Good girls
iv. Tamil adjectives are prefixed to the nouns. e.g.
nalla paiyan naLLa paE y ana`
good boy ந
ல ைபய
ல nalla naLLa, Bad ெக ட ket> t > a k’ £ ,
v. Some words are by nature adjectives or adverbs. e.g.
good ந
vi. Some adjectives and adverbs are formed from nouns by adding suffixes such as :
ள, இய, ஆத a@ n , va@ n , la@ n ,
ஆ
, வா
, லா
, மா
, தா
, ளா
, பா
, உ
ma@ n , ta@ n , l> a @ n , pa@ n , ul> l > , iya, a@ d Aana` , vaana` , Laana` , maana` , taana` , <ana` , paana` , qÞ<, }ya, Aad, etc. Note that
some of these suffixes are same as Sanskrit Aana` , maana, vaana` , }| y a adjectival suffixes.
TABLE 34 : NOUNS - ADJECTIVES
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ummai
ummaiya@ n
Truth
qNmaE
True
qNmaE y aana`
உ
ைம
உ
ைமயா
su@ d < u
su@ d < u l> l > a
Heat
saU D u
Hot
saU D u Þ <`
ள
Falsehood ெபா
poy
paae y a`
False
poyya@ n
paae y yaana`
ெபா யா
n&l> a m
naI<ma`
n&l> a ma@ n
naI<maana`
Length
Long
நள
நளமா
surukkam sau w Kkma`
surukkama@ n
sau w Kkmaana`
Shortness
Short
க
கமா
உபேயாக upayoga
qpayaae g a
upayogama@ n
qpayaae g amaana`
Use
Useful
உபேயாகமா
suruppu
suruppul> l > a
Industry
sau w ppau
Industrious
sau w ppau Þ <`
ள
jn~ a @ n am
jn~ a @ n amul> l > a
Wisdom
Xaana
Wise
Xaanamau Þ <`
ஞான
ஞான
ள
டா ven< d < a @
ven< d < i ya
Longing
vae N Da
Long for
vae i NDya
ேவ
ேவ
ய
vii. From the adjectives, masculine or faminine nouns can be formed by attachinf வ
van vana` or வ
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