Chapter 6 - Mahaabalipuram poovamaa Flashcards
Permissives
In chapter 5 you learned two forms of permissives. How do they work and what are their suffices?
What are their differences?
Tip: Two options!
- -Laam to the end of an infinitive
- -ttum to the end of an infinitive
-Laam is for granting permission and to denote the possibility for an action to take place
-Ttum is to say ‘let’ for 3rd person and ‘shall’ in 1st person
Permissives
Which extra options does one have to denote ‘permisson’ in a question sentence in Tamil and how do they work?
How many are there?
- Verbal noun ending in -adu
- Just the infinitive
Option 1: same as using -laam
Option 2: same as using -ttum
Usage of Aavadu
How can you translate -aavadu?
On what does it depend?
Which 3 types are there
- Question word = ‘some’
- More than one word = ‘or’
- Number = Ordinal number
Question word, More than 1 word, Number
Usage alladu
How is alladu used?
What does alladu mean?
- Only used before last word enumeration
- Used before every word in enumeration except the ‘modal’ (duh) and the ‘rendaavadu’
It means ‘or’
More info on -um
Reminder:
What does -um mean after a question word?
It has the meaning of adding the word ‘any’
More info on -um
How is -um added to onne and what does it mean?
- Onne + um = onnum
- It means ‘anything’
Emphatic -ee
Reminder:
What does -ee mean?
Give at least two meanings!
It has the meaning of ‘self’, ‘alone’, ‘etc…’
Emphatic -ee
What does it mean when -ee is behind the last word in a sentence?
Give an example!
That the speaker finds the action described in the sentence highly unlikely
Has a similar translation to tag question illeyaa
Naan samekka mudiyaadee = I can’t cook here, can I?
NOTE: question and aadee ipv aade, which would just mean can’t
Usages of -aa
What can be the two meanings of the word sariyaa?
- It means sari + aa as a question
- It means sari + aa as an adverb (precisely)
Temporal Nouns
Which two suffices can be used to place an event in time?
List an example of each
What are there differences and how does one distinguish?
- Dative case: -kku or kki
- Locative -le
neerattukku & kaalele
Translation is a bit free and one can only distinguish by knowing when to use which case. There is not really a rule. Same as ‘de’ and ‘het’ in Dutch
Musts
How does one form a ‘must’ form of a verb?
- Infinitive + num
Musts
What is the difference between a ‘must verb’ going with the nominative and the going with the dative?
- Nominative: The verb is an obligation for the nominative subject
- Dative: The verb is a must for the person denoted by the dative
