Brahmin Tamil/Grammar5

The infinitive form of some verbs can also serve as an adjective:

Nerreia (infinitive of nerrei (nerreiar, nereinj, nerreiuv) 'to fill up, fill to the brim'). As an adjective it means 'a lot of'

English verbs can be turned into a braahmik verb by placing the verb pahnnu after the English infinitive :

Arrange pahnnu 'to arrange'

The past participle of one or more verbs followed by another verb is a common construction, often translatable by a single word in English :

Vaangi thaa 'buy (for me), buy and give'

Eduthu kondu vaa (eduthundu vaa), kondu vandhu thaa 'bring'

Kuutindu poo 'accompany, escort'

Arrange pahnni vei 'keep smth. arranged' (ordinary)

Arrange pahnni vech iru 'keep smth arranged. (perfective)

Possessive Pronouns

Corresponding to the English possessive adjectives (mu, your, his, her, our, etc.), there are possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, etc.)

In Braahmik too there are possessive pronouns corresponding to the possessive adjectives. These are given in the following table:

Possessive Adhective	English	Possessive Pronoun	English
en, en oodu	my	endhu, en oodadhu	mine
on, on oodu	your (sg)	ondhu, on oodadhu	yours
om, om oodu	your	om oodadhu	yours (hon)
avan, avan oodu	his	avandhu, avan oodadhu	his
ava, avahl oodu	her	avahldhu, avahl oodadhu	hers
avar, avar oodu	his (hon)	avardhu, avar oodadhu	his/hers (hon)
adhu, adhu n oodu	its	adhu n oodadhu	its
namma, nammahl oodu	our	nammahl oodadhu	ours (incl)
enga, engahl oodu	our	engahl oodadhu	ours (excl)
onga, ongahl oodu	your	ongahldhu, ongahl oodadhu	yours )pl, hon sg)
avaa, avaahl oodu	their	avaahl oodadhu	theirs (his, hers hon)
adhuha, adhuhahl oodu	their	adhuhahl oodadhu	theirs (n pl)

Exercises

Some exercises are given below to test one's understanding of Braahmik.

Exercise 5.1 : Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form corresponding to the word given in parentheses ( ) :

1.---- apaa office u ku pooraa. (my)

2. Nie ----- ----- ku epo varuve ? (my house)

3. Idhu ------ -----. (my house)

4. Idhu ----- ----- a ? (your book)

Exercise 5.2 : Translate into English :

1. Idh ei aathu ku eduthundu poo.

2. Eng apaa ku rendu thambihahl irukaa.

3. Nie pahna kaaran. On kite nerreia pahnam iruku.

4. Meeszei meele irukara pusthaham aar oodu pusthaham ?