Chapter 4.1 Review of Concept From Previous Lesson
Let us review some of the concepts we learnt in the last chapter.
“To be” In Tamil
The word இரு means many things. “To be”, “to stay”, “to remain”, “to wait”, “to sit”, and “to have”. It is also used as an auxiliary verb and to express progressive tense and perfect tense. It is used as a suffix for dative and locative cases also.
“To Be” Activity
Please do this activity to refresh the concept of “to be” in Tamil:
Case Suffixes in Tamil: வேற்றுமை உருபுகள்
| Written | Spoken | Grammatical function |
|---|---|---|
| ஐ | எ | Object/accusative (acc) suffix |
| ஆல் | ஆலெ | Instrumental (instr) suffix |
| உக்கு | உக்கு | Dative (dat) suffix |
| இன் or உடைய | ஓட | Possessive (poss) suffix |
| இல் | இலெ | Locative suffix |
| இலிருந்து | இலெருந்து | Ablative suffix |
| இடம் | கிட்டெ | Human locative suffix |
| இடமிருந்து | கிட்டெருந்து | Human ablative suffix |
| ஓடு/உடன்/கூடெ | ஓட/கூடெ | Sociative suffix |
Case Suffix Activity
Please do these activities for case suffixes in Tamil:
